Neuroanatomy
Neural Communication
Research Techniques
Brain Development
100

There are this many lobes in the brain. 

What is 4 lobes?

100

The space between two neurons is called this. 

What is a synapse?

100

Behavioral Neuroscience is ___________. 

What is the biological basis of behavior?

100

There are two main arguments of brain development: ______ vs. _______. 

What is nature vs. nurture? 

200

The definition of neuroscience is...

What is the study of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system?

200

The signal that goes down a neuron is called this.

What is an action potential?

200

This research technique uses oxygen-rich blood to image the brain.

What is fMRI?

200

When language production is affected. 

What is Broca's Aphasia?

300

The peripheral nervous system is 

What is the nerves in our organs?
300

This is released into the space between two neurons. 

What is a neurotransmitter?

300

This technique uses powerful magnets to take images. 

What is an MRI?

300

When language comprehension is affected.

What is Wernicke's Aphasia?
400

The frontal lobe does these 5 things.

What is planning, decision making/personality, voluntary movement, inhibition, some language?

400

A signal down a neuron only takes _____.

What is 2ms?

400

This technique takes brain slices very thin and stains them in a color to be seen under a microscope and can be done in living or post-mortem tissue. 

What is histology?

400

The term for when the brain reorganizes, adapts, and changes. 

What is neuroplasticity?

500

There are this many neurons in the brain. 

What is 86 billion?

500

Signals sent to a neuron can be either ______ or _____. 

What is excitatory or inhibitory?

500

This technique is used in rodent research and involves a rodent finding a hidden platform. 

What is the Morris Water Maze?

500

The stages of cognitive development. 

What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational?

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