Historical approaches
The debate over whether the heart or brain is responsible for mental processes.
Brain vs. heart
The lobe of the brain that is responsible for higher order thinking
Frontal lobe
The process of eliminating unused synapses to increase efficiency
Synapatic pruning
A form of brain injury caused by an external force
Traumatic brain injury
The bidirectional connection between the gut and the brain through multiple parts of the nervous system.
Gut brain axis
The now-discredited study of skull shape to determine personality
Phrenology
The lobe of the brain associated with processing visual information
Occipital lobe
The type of plasticity that happens as you age and learn
Developmental plasticity
Biological functioning impact of ABI
Seizure
Motor control
Smell impairment
This neurotransmitter, responsible for smooth voluntary movement, is severely depleted in Parkinson's disease.
Dopamine
The theory that the mind and body are separate entities
Dualism
Area in the left frontal lobe responsible for speech production.
Brocas area
The process that facilitates more efficient communication of messages. Two bursts happen in infancy and adolescence.
Myelination
Psychological functioning impact of ABI
Personality changes
Memory loss
Increased risk of mental health disorders
Gut brain axis treatment of epilepsy
Ketogenic diet
Surgical removal or destruction of brain tissue to study behavior
Ablation
The area of the brain that is responsible for relaying messages and managing alertness
Midbrain
The formation of new synapses between neurons
Synaptogenesis
Social functioning impacts
Antisocial behaviour
Social support
Job productivity
Three symptoms of epilepsy
Seizures
Loss of consciousness
Loss of awareness
The name of the brain imaging technique that the most invasive as it requires a small amount of radioactive substance to be injected
PET Scan
The pons and medulla are part of this main brain division
Hindbrain
The brain's ability to shift functions from damaged areas to undamaged areas
Rerouting or sprouting
Two symptoms of CTE
Depression
Mood changes
Difficulty concentration
Using an algorithm to identify patterns or trends within data that have not yet been discovered
Unsupervised learning (machine learning)