What are the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus?
100
The metaphor Loubaina used to describe the thalamus.
What is actually a sieve, not a sponge?
200
The process that prevents overcrowding of neurons in the brain.
What is apoptosis?
200
The neural network to breathe.
What is the only neural network we have at birth?
200
The function of RAS.
What is the ability to increase/decrease a person's level of alertness?
200
The cerebrum.
What is the structure that operates conscious decisions, thoughts, and responses?
300
Custard.
What resembles the consistency of an infant's brain?
300
The illusion that proves humans have an innate ability to recognize and make connections based on what we observe vs. what we hear.
What is the McGurk effect?
300
T/F: Motor speech patterns are not stored in the cerebellum
What is a false fact about the cerebellum?
300
Habituation.
What is the process of getting accustomed to a stimulus and eventually tuning it out, potentially causing learning experiences to be filtered out?
400
The capabilities of an fMRI
What test has the ability to scan a brain in real time producing at best 4 images every second, and can show a "brain movie" in just 2-6 seconds?
400
The neural network that creates a memory.
What is an engram?
400
The thalamus and RAS together form it.
What forms the "sensory register"?
400
T/F: Each hemisphere in the brain has the capability to perform ALL necessary functions.
What is true about both hemispheres in the brain?
500
The glial, radial, macrophage, and astrocyte cells.
What are the cells that act as assistants to guide neurons, provide scaffolding for building connections, clean up the dead neurons, and mop up the extra chemicals in the brain?
500
An increase in learning occurs.
What is the result of greater meaning of new experiences by storing a memory in more than one network? (Loubaina's orange fruit example)
500
T/F: Neurons can regenerate in the hippocampus.
What is a true fact about the hippocampus?
500
The significance of making children feel emotionally secure.
What is: "emotional data" is among the highest of priorities for young children, and if they don't feel secure then they may be unable to absorb new information?