Lobes and Landmarks
This is the name of the brain's halves.
What are Cerebral Hemispheres?
This is the function of the frontal lobe.
What is movement, cognition, and decision making?
This determines stress level and response.
What is the Amygdala?
This is the latin word for border.
What is Limbus?
This is when our frontal lobe fully develops.
What is in our 20s?
Mucus layer covering brain.
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
This is the function of the Occipital lobe.
What is visual processing?
This is associated with memory.
What is the hippocampus?
Carries info from the Hippocampus to the mammilary bodies and then onto the thalamus.
What is the Fornix?
Frequent use of this makes the path faster and more automatic, much like a well-worn hiking trail.
What is a neural pathway?
This is the purpose of Brain folds.
What is increasing surface area?
This is the function of the Temporal Lobe.
What is processing auditory signals?
This part of the brain is involved in emotion and memory.
What is the cingulate cortex?
Two groups of nuclei involved in memory and connections with the amygdala and hippocampus.
Mammilary Body
Explores whether human behavior, personality, and intelligence are shaped mostly by biology (genetics) or by environment (upbringing and life experiences
What is Nature vs Nurture?
This is the name of the ridges of the brain.
What are Gyri?
This is the function of the Parietal Lobe.
What is processing sensory information?
This part of the brain is associated with pleasure, reward, and reinforcement.
What are Septal nuclei?
This part of the brain is involved in various aspects of emotion and memory.
What is the Cingulate Cortex?
The brain's ability to reorganize, change, and adapt its structure, functions, and connections throughout life
What is neural plasticity?
This is the name of the grooves of the brain.
What are sulci?
This is the function of the Cerebellum.
What is balance?
This part of the brain controls hormone release.
What is the Hypothalamus?
Area around the hippocampus.
Parahippocampal Gyrus
This part of the brain, through repetition, turns conscious choices into automatic programs.
What is the basal ganglia?