Newer Brain Structures

Question 1

The body’s ultimate control and information-processing center

Answer 1

Cerebral Cortex

Question 2

home to areas that manage thinking, emotions, personality, judgment, self-control, muscle control and movements, memory storage and more.

Answer 2

Frontal Lobes

Question 3

a processing center for sensations you can feel with your sense of touch. These include temperature (hot and cold), pressure, vibration and pain.

Answer 3

Parietal Lobes

Question 4

Any auditory information is processed in the auditory cortex of the

Answer 4

Temporal Lobes

Question 5

Any visual information is processed in the visual
cortex of the

Answer 5

Occipital Lobes

Question 6

At the rear of the Frontal Lobes; controls
voluntary movement.

Answer 6

Motor Cortex

Question 7

(Parietal Lobe): receives
info. from skin surface & sense
organs (touch & movement)

Answer 7

Somatosensory Cortex

Question 8

“uncommitted” areas that deal with
higher mental functions

Answer 8

Association Areas

Question 9

the brain’s ability to modify
itself after damage

Answer 9

Plasticity