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emergent properties

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Interactions between simple elements in a system can produce far more complex patterns then can be understood by simply understanding how simple elements work

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Equipotentiality

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Idea that there is no locus for each task of brain, each thing is widely distributed, not in any specific area (e.g. the entire brain is responsible for learning and memory)

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Broca’s Area

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Area of prefrontal cortex necessary for speech production

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What is similar in all mammalian brains?

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Anatomical organization

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Sagittal plane

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Divides right and left sides

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Coronal plane

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Divides anterior and posterior sides

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Transverse plane

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Divides superior and inferior

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Medial

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Towards the midline

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Lateral

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Away from the midline

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Posterior

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Towards the back

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Anterior

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Towards the front

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Dorsal

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Superior

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Ventral

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Inferior

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Caudal

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Towards tailbone, poterior

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Rostral

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Anterior, towards front

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Contralateral

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Opposite side of midline

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Ipsilateral

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Same side of midline

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Nucleus

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An anatomically distinct group of neurons

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Tract

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An atonal pathway

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Fiber

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Group of axons

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Afferent

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Towards (sensory)

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Efferent

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Away from (motor)

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Neural circut

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Functionally distinct, interconnected group of neurons

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Commisure

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Tract that crosses from one side of the brain to the other

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Decussation

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Crossing

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Lateralization

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Specialization or dominance of one hemisphere over the other with respect to a specific function

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White matter

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Axons, wrapped in myelin sheath

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Gray matter

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Dendrites and cell body

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Central Nervous System is made up of

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Brain and spinal chord make up

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Peripheral Nervous System is made up of

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Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system

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Somatic nervous system is responsible for

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Voluntary motor control is a function of

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Autonomic nervous system is responsible for

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Involuntary motor control

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Autonomic nervous system is made up of

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Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system are both part of

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