Unit 3B

Question 1

Destroying certain brain tissues

Answer 1

Lesion

Question 2

Records electrical activity in our brains; waves are measured by electrodes on scalp

Answer 2

EEG

Question 3

Series of x-rays put together

Answer 3

CT scan

Question 4

Visual display of brain activity that detects where radioactive glucose goes

Answer 4

PET scan

Question 5

Produces computer generate brain tissue; magnetic fields and radio waves

Answer 5

MRI

Question 6

Reveals bloodflow through brain; shows brain function

Answer 6

fMRI

Question 7

What makes up the brainstem?

Answer 7

Pons and medulla

Question 8

Controls when we sleep

Answer 8

Pons

Question 9

Responsible for automatic survival functions

Answer 9

Brainstem

Question 10

Controls heartbeat and breathing

Answer 10

Medulla

Question 11

Controls arousal and filters sensory info

Answer 11

Reticular formation

Question 12

Directs messages to sensory receiving areas except smell

Answer 12

Thalamus

Question 13

Controls balance, voluntary movement, judgement, emotions, time

Answer 13

Cerebellum

Question 14

What makes up the limbic system?

Answer 14

Amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus

Question 15

Associated with emotions and drives

Answer 15

Limbic system

Question 16

Linked to emotions (fear and anger)

Answer 16

Amygdala

Question 17

Controls the pituitary gland; linked with emotion and reward

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

Body’s ultimate control and information processing center

Answer 18

Cerebral

Question 19

Cells in the nervous system that nourish, protect, support neurons

Answer 19

Glial cells

Question 20

Associated with speech, movement, judgemet, personality, planning

Answer 20

Frontal lobe

Question 21

Receives sensory input for touch and body position

Answer 21

Parietal lobe

Question 22

Associated with receiving info for vision

Answer 22

Occipital lobe

Question 23

Associated with receiving auditory information

Answer 23

Temporal lobe

Question 24

Sends voluntary movements

Answer 24

Motor cortex

Question 25

Registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

Answer 25

Sensory cortex

Question 26

Where is the motor cortex located?

Answer 26

Frontal lobe

Question 27

Where is the sensory cortex located?

Answer 27

Parietal lobe

Question 28

Involved with speaking, thinking, remembering, learning; higher knowledge areas

Answer 28

Association areas

Question 29

How do areas coordinate to produce speech?

Answer 29

1. Registers in visual area 2. Relayed to angular gyrus to make an auditory code 3. Received by Wernicke's area 4. Sent to Broca's area 5. Controls the motor cortex as it creates pronounced words

Question 30

Impairment of language due to the damage of Broca's and Wernicke's

Answer 30

Aphasia

Question 31

Where is the Broca's area located?

Answer 31

Frontal lobe

Question 32

Where is the Wernicke's area located?

Answer 32

Temporal lobe

Question 33

Controls language expression; directs muscle movement in speech

Answer 33

Broca's area

Question 34

Proposed that damage to the left frontal lobe would disrupt speaking

Answer 34

Paul Broca

Question 35

Controls comprehension and expression

Answer 35

Wernicke's area

Question 36

Claimed that after damage to left of the temporal lobe that people would speak meaningless words

Answer 36

Karl Wernicke

Question 37

Ability to change by recognizing after damage or building new pathways based on experience

Answer 37

Plasticity

Question 38

Formation of new neurons

Answer 38

Neurogenesis

Question 39

Connects and communicates left and right hemispheres

Answer 39

Corpus callosum

Question 40

Isolating the brain hemispheres by cutting fibers connecting them

Answer 40

Split brain

Question 41

Studied of the neural basis of mind with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.

Answer 41

Michael Gazzaniga

Question 42

Scientist who won a Nobel Prize for work with split brain patients

Answer 42

Roger Sperry

Question 43

Hemisphere involved with language, logic; processing and thinking

Answer 43

Left

Question 44

Hemisphere involved with nonverbal, spatial

Answer 44

Right

Question 45

Awareness of ourselves and the environment

Answer 45

Conscious

Question 46

Study of brain activity linked with cognition

Answer 46

Cognitive neuroscience

Question 47

Information is processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Answer 47

Dual processing