Modules 12 & 13 (brain) Flashcards
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements.
Frontal Lobes
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and and protect neurons, they may also play a role in thinking and learning.
Glial Cells
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and towards the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position.
Parietal Lobe
Parts of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head, includes areas that receive information from the visual fields.
Occipital Lobes
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just above the ears, includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear.
Temporal Lobes
Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements.
Motor Cortex
Area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations.
Somatosensory Cortex
Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; involved with higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking and speaking.
Association Areas
The brain’s ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience.
Plasticity
the formation of new neurons
Neurogenesis
The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them.
Corpus Callosum
A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the two brain hemispheres by cutting the fibers that connect them.
Split Brain
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
consciousness
The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.
Dual Processing
the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
Behavior Genetics
