The BRAIN!
It's the part of the limbic system responsible for memory.
What is the Hippocampus?
This nervous system automatically regulates breathing, heart beat & digestion.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Your body's natural pain killer.
What are endorphins?
A CAT scan works by taking these types of photos from different angles.
What are X-rays?
The hemisphere that is responsible for language production.
What is the left hemiphere?
What is the hindbrain?
This system releases hormones via the pituitary gland.
What is the endocrine system?
What is dopamine?
This type of test uses radio waves to get a 3D image of the brain.
What is an MRI?
A major psychological foundation that examines whether human behavior, personality, and intelligence are primarily shaped by genetics or environmental factors and upbringing.
What is nature vs. nurture?
The part of the brain that controls coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
The nervous system responsible for the fight or flight arousal.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Many antidepressants help increase this neurotransmitter which is related to sleep and mood regulation.
What is serotonin?
A Positron Emission Tomography test is also known as this.
What is a PET scan?
This area is responsible for speech production & language processing.
What is Broca's Area?
What is the parasympathetic system?
What is norepinephrine?
This type of MRI tracks blood flow allowing neurologists to see what areas of the brain are active.
What is a Functional MRI? (fMRI)
The hormone involved in sexual arousal, romantic attachment and parental bonding.
What is oxytocin?
A person with a split brain has had this part of their brain surgically cut to separate the left & right hemisphere.
What is the corpus callosum?
The central nervous system comprises the brain and spinal cord, this system is made up of all other nerves in the body.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
An excitatory neurotransmitter that can cause brain damage when stimulated by a head injury.
What is glutamate?
This type of test measures subtle changes in the brain's electrical activity.
What is an EEG (electroencephalogram)?
The three types neurons in your brain & body.