This part of the brain controls voluntary and non-voluntary processes within the body
What is the hindbrain
100
Wires that be can inserted into the brain to record brain activity are called...
What are electrodes
100
The dendrite receives what
What are nuerotransmitters
200
The brain and spinal cord are apart of what nervous system
What is the central nervous system
200
Other than the hindbrain, these two parts also are composed of the brain
What is the midbrain and forebrain
200
By cutting and/or destroying parts of the brain you get
What are lesions
200
the gap between the neurons for transferring messages as know as what
What is the synapse
300
Nerves in the spinal cord are known as
What is neurons
300
The cerebral hemispheres are connected by fibers called...
What are the corpus callosum
300
When accidents accrue there are two things that psychologists try to draw a connections from, what are they
What are the damaged parts of the brain and the person's behavior.
300
After passing through the synapse where do the neurotransmitters go
What are the receptor sites
400
This part of the neuron act similar to antennas, receiving the "message"
What are dendrites
400
The four lobes are broken down to do specific things
Partial lobe is body sensations, occipital lobe is vision, temporal lobe is hearing, and advanced vision processing, and then there is the frontal lobe that is the planning of movements and dealing with memory.
400
CT scans were used for what
observing and pinpointing injuries and brain deterioration.
400
The neurotransmitters can go through what two neurons
What are the afferent neurons and the sensory neurons.
500
The four basic parts of a nueron
What is dendrites, cell body, axon, and axon terminals
500
The left part of the brain does what three things
Verbal: Speaking, understanding language, reading , writing
Mathematics: adding, subtracting, multiplying, calculus, physics
Analytic: analyzing separate pieces that make up a whole.
500
This process enables researchers to study both activity and brain structures, and it combines the features of both ct and pet scans
What is a MRI
500
Roger Wolcott Sperry was known for what area of study