How to neurons communicate
Through neurotransmitters sent by atoms
What does the medulla oblongata control
Heartbeat, breathing, and swallowing
What is the right brain known for
Creativity and imagination
What do the pons do
Influence sleeping or dreaming
What is aphasia
Loss of ability to understand express speech, caused by brain damage
What is dopamine's function
What does the thalamus do
Information received from your senses
What is the left brain known for
Logic, language, and systematic thinking
What is reticular formation
Attention center
What is Wernicke's area
Difficulty stringing sentences together to make sense
What is seratonin's function
Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
What does the basal ganglia known for
Best knows for it's role in movement
What connects the right hemisphere in the left hemisphere of the brain together
Corpus callosum
What does the cingulate cortex do
Emotion processor, decision maker, and to avoid negative experiences
Define plasticity
Brains ability to change, especially during childbirth, Paris organizing after damage or my building new pathways based on experiencs