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Unit 3b Flashcards

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EEG

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Read-out of electrical brain activity.

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PET scan

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Shows the brain’s action by measuring its consumption of sugar glucose

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MRI

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Provides a picture of the brain’s soft tissue by using magnetic fields and radio waves

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fMRI

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Can show the brain’s structure and function

Measures blood-flow to and within the brain

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Brainstem

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Oldest brain region

Survival functions

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Medulla

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Base of brain stem

Controls heartbeat and breathing

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Pons

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Helps to coordinate movements

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Reticular formation

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Nerve network in the brain stem that helps control arousal

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Thalamus

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Directs messages to sensory receiving areas in the cortex

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Cerebellum

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Little Brain

Processes sensory input

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Hippocampus

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Processes memory

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Amygdala

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Linked to emotion

Aggression and fear

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Cerebral cortex

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The largest section of the brain

Ultimate control and information processing center

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Glial cells

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Feed and nourish the nerve cells

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Frontal lobe

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Speaking
Muscle movements
Making plans and judgements

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Parietal lobe

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Receives sensory input for touch and body position

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Occipital lobe

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Receives and processes vision

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Temporal lobe

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Included auditory areas

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Motor cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

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Sensory cortex

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Processes body touch and movement sensations

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Association areas

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Area of the cerebral cortex
Higher mental functioning
Learning
Remembering
Speaking
Thinking
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Plasticity

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The brain reorganizes or reassigns jobs and functions

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Who has the most plastic brains?

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Children

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Neurogenesis

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Growth of new brain cells

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Corpus Callosum

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Links the two hemispheres

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Left brain handles

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Rational
Logical thought
Speech and words

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Right brain handles

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Images
Emotions
Intuition
Drawing inferences

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Lesion

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Tissue distruction

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CT Scan

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Series of X-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined

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Limbic system

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Associated with emotion and drives

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Aphasia

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Impairment of language

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Broca’s area

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Controls language expression

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Wernicke’s area

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Controls language reception

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Split brain

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Procedure that isolates the two brain hemispheres by cutting the fibers connecting them

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