Neurons
What does a dendrite do?
Recieve signals
What are hormones
Body's chemical messangers
What does the hippocampus do?
Convert short term memory into long term memories
What does the frontal lobe regulate?
Emotions and higher reasoning
Right Hemisphere of the brain is associated with
Creative thinking and imagination
What does dopamine influence?
Movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Spinal cord carries .... between ....
Messages between the body and the brain
What does the amygdala do?
Attributes emotions to memories, influences motivation, flight or fight response
Occipital Lobe is in charge of?
Visual processing
Left hemisphere of the brain is associated with
Logic,language, and systematic thinking
What does serotonin affect?
Mood,hunger,sleep, and arousal
How many lobes does the brain have?
4
What is the cingulate cortex's main role?
To avoid negative experiences
What is the Broca's Area
Region that connects the production of speech
What is the corpus callosum
The great mediator that connects the two hemispheres