Brain
UC Davis Lore
Cognitive Science
Neurobiology
Misc.
100
What are the four lobes of the brain?
What is frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal.
100
This is the name of the UC Davis' mascot.
Who is Gunrock?
100
The type of memory that allows you to remember things for just a few seconds after they happen
What is short term memory?
100
These specialized cells transmit electrical and chemical signals in the nervous system
What are neurons?
100
This location serves the meal in the following image:
What is Shah's Halal?
200
What part of the brain is involved in speech?
What is the Broca's area.
200
UC Davis holds an annual event with a parade and dachshund race. What event is it?
What is Picnic Day?
200
This cognitive scientist proposed the theory of Universal Grammar, arguing that humans have an innate ability for language
Who is Noam Chomsky?
200
During an action potential, this ion rushes into the neuron after voltage-gated channels open, causing depolarization
What is sodium (Na⁺)?
200
What two teams are in the Superbowl this year?
Who are the Chiefs and Eagles?
300
This neurotransmitter is primarily responsible for reward and motivation in the brain.
What is domapine
300
UC Davis has an entire department dedicated to studying this food product, making it one of the few universities in the world to do so.
What is beer/brewing science?
300
This type of memory allows you to recall personal experiences and specific events in time
What is episodic memory?
300
This inhibitory neurotransmitter is synthesized from glutamate and plays a key role in reducing neuronal excitability
What is GABA?
300
What is the most expensive spice by weight?
What is Saffron
400
This ion enters the presynaptic neuron to trigger neurotransmitter release.
What is Calcium.
400
This is the date that UC Davis was founded
What is 1905?
400
The six parts of the Sloane hexagon
What are philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, AI, and psychology?
400
Rigor mortis occurs when this molecule is no longer available, preventing myosin from detaching from actin
What is ATP?
400
Who is the 44th president of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama.
500
This type of memory, responsible for temporarily holding information like a phone number, is closely associated with the prefrontal cortex.
What is working memory
500
UC Davis was originally founded as the agricultural branch of this University of California campus.
What is UC Berkeley?
500
Test that examines whether a machine can exhibit human-like intelligence
What is the Turing Test?
500
This gland releases hormones like T3 and T4, which regulate metabolism.
What is the thyroid?
500
This is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side.
What is Uranus.