Brain Basics
What is the control center of your body?
Your brain
Where is your pre-frontal cortex?
What is in front of your skull.
What part of your brain stores memories?
What is the hippocampus OR temporal lobe
What is the brain made up of mostly
What is water.
Does your brain sleep at night?
No, it works while you sleep.
What is the job of the prefrontal cortex?
What is to process information and helps you make good decisions.
What is the hippocampus shaped like?
What is a seahorse.
How many hippocampus do we have?
What is two, one on each side of the brain.
What is a sensation?
The physical feeling resulting from something that happens to or comes in contact with your body called?
The PFC only gets information when the amygdala is_____.
What is calm and regulated.
True or False:
This part of the brain connects emotions and senses such as smell and sound to memories.
What is true.
What are some things that you can do to keep your brain healthy?
What is exercise, sleep, drink water, eat healthy, connect with others and giving back
How much does your brain weigh?
About 3 pounds
True or False:
The prefrontal cortex can receive information when you are dysregulated.
What is false.
True or False:
This brain region does not help you navigate or remember locations, like finding your way home from school.
What is false.
This part of the brain is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and maintain balance and posture
What is the cerebellum.
True or False:
This part of the brain is still developing in teenagers, which is why they sometimes make impulsive decisions
What is true.
What is attached to the end of the hippocampus?
What is your amygdala.
This region is known as the fear center because it processes emotions like fear and pleasure.
What is the amygdala.