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His amygdala isn't sending fear signals while he climbs El Capitan
Who is Alex Honnold?
This lobe is the part of the brain for processing auditory input.
What is the temporal lobe?
This motor neurodegenerative disease involves a lack of dopamine being produced, causing tremors.
What is Parkinson's disease?
This is the place where two neurons get very close to each other to release chemicals and "talk" to each other
What is a synapse?
His personality completely changed after a railroad spike went through his frontal cortex
Who is Phineas Gage?
All your senses are relayed through here except for your sense of smell
What is the thalamus?
This disease involves plaques of beta-amyloid and tangles of Tau
What is Alzheimer's disease?
These are the type of receptor in your retina that can sense colored light
What are cones?
He would watch the same movies over and over because he couldn't remember he had seen them before
Who is Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison)?
This part of the brain is known as the "little brain"
What is the cerebellum?
This disease involves a storm of electrical brain activity
What is epilepsy?
This is the insulating fat layer along an axon that helps signals travel faster
What is myelin?
He stimulated parts of the brain to be able to understand their function
Who is Wilder Penfield?
The part of your cortex responsible for understanding speech.
What is Wernicke's area?
This neurodivergence causes difficulty reading and writing due to mixed-up brain signals.
What is dyslexia?
This neurotransmitter is involved in motion.
What is dopamine?
He cut out patient H.M.'s hippocampus to cure his epilepsy
Who is Dr. William Scoville
Your brainstem has a few different parts - one is the medulla, and the other is this.
What is the pons?
If you had damage to your brain that left you unable to speak, you have this type of aphasia.
What is Broca's aphasia.
The brain doesn't have enough of this neurotransmitter (it starts with an "A") in Alzheimer's disease
What is acetylcholine?