Central Nervous System(CNS)
What is the basic unit of your nervous system?
Neuron
This is a rule-governed system and a complex process performed by many different interconnected areas of the brain rather than a single area.
Language
Where is the working memory located?
Broca's area
At what age has the brain reached its fully mature weight?
Age 12
What area of the brain is responsible for language comprehension?
Wernicke’s area
This type of processing is conceptually driven and is affected by your expectations regarding the incoming information Ex. “The cat caught a …..”(mouse/bird)
Top-down processing
This side of the hemisphere specializes in language, arithmetic calculations, logical reasoning, and step-by-step processing.
Left hemisphere
What type of scan has been able to identify that there is greater activation in the left hemisphere during both perception and production and slight right hemisphere involvement occurs as well?
PET scan
What are all the aspects/components of memory?
Working Memory(WM)
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
What are the three basic brain functions?
Regulation, processing, and formulation
Language ____ consists of auditory processing and language decoding.
Comprehension
What are the four steps of information processing?
Attention,Discrimination, Organization, Memory