Responsible for problem solving, personality, planning, decision making
Frontal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex
Receives messages from other neurons
Dendrites
The process of sensing our environment through sight, touch, taste, sound, and smell
Sensation
The part of the brain that is responsible for consolidating new memory
Hippocampus
Responsible for sight
Occipital Lobe
Contains the nucleus of the neuron
Cell body, soma +5
The process of interpreting sensation
Perception
This number represents the amount of information short term memory can hold at a time
7, 7 plus or minus 2
Responsible for receiving and processing sound
Temporal Lobe
Travels the message from the receiver to the sender
Axon
These are the ways we can improve our memory
Focus Attention (100), Avoid Cramming (100), Adequate Sleep (100)
Responsible for emotions
Limbic Lobe
Sends the message to next neuron
Axon terminal
This person had his hippocampus removed and therefore could not form new memory
H.M., Henry Molaison
Responsible for balance and coordination
Cerebellum
Surrounds the axon, increases the speed of the message
Myelin Sheath