The brain Flashcards

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Executive functioning involves

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planning, inhibiting innapropriate behavior, making decisions, using working memory

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2
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Evolutionary structure within this part of the brain are most primitive

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the hindbrain

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3
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Aphasia

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disruption of language abilities

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4
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which structure of the brain ,odulates the strength of emtional memories and is involved in emotional learning

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Amygadala

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5
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Left hemisphere

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regulates positive emotions, spontaneous speech and wrting, memory for words and numbers, understand speech and writing. control sequence of movements. control muscles used for speech.

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Right hemisphere

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regulation of negative emotions, recognition of faces, memory for shape and music, spatial relationships. responds to simple commands.

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7
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Three layers of the brain

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limbic system, brain stem and cerebellu,, and the cerebrum

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8
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brain stem and cerebellum

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drive vital functions. heart, breathing, digestion etc.

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9
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limbic system

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add emotion, complex motives, and increased memory ability

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10
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Cerebrum

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enables reason, processing, planning, creating and problem solving.

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11
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Lateralization of Function

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some functions are carried out via the left or right hemispheres of the brain. different structures play off one another however

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