The Brain As A Co- Ordinator

Question 1

Define senses

Answer 1

A physical feeling, something that your body experiences eg. Touch, taste, hear, see, feel

Question 2

Emotions

Answer 2

An effective state of consciousness in which feelings are shown

Question 3

Memory

Answer 3

Where the mind stores information and remembers

Question 4

Short term memory

Answer 4

The capacity for holding a small amount of information for a short period of time

Question 5

Long term memory

Answer 5

The capacity for storing information for later use and a long period of time

Question 6

Sensory

Answer 6

Carries messages from the sense organs to the central nervous system

Question 7

Similarities between the brain and a computer

Answer 7

Can both store information, both use electrical signals to send messages, both have a memory that can grow, both can be damaged, both can adapt and learn

Question 8

Differences between the brain and a computer

Answer 8

The brain uses chemicals to transmit information , a computer uses electricity: a brain needs nutrients like oxygen, computer needs electricity: it is possible and easier to fix a computer, a brain is hard to fix if possible