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A stands for acronym
100
I am the governing center for emotions.
What is the amyglada?
100
This is the width of a single hair.
What is the size of a slice of H.M.'s brain?
100
A person with a memory loss.
What is an amnesiac?
100
These can be used to energize students when their energy levels are low.
What is an energizer?
100
This stands for magnetic resonance imaging.
What is an MRI?
200
When people perform an action or watch others perform the action, they watch me.
What is a mirror neuron?
200
The brain is shaped like a walnut. True or false.
What is true?
200
This disability impairs a person's ability to read.
What is dyslexia?
200
Reading meaningful literature is more likely to create connections for children than phonics readers. True or false.
What is true?
200
An extended version of RAS.
What is the Reticular Activating System?
300
When nerves cross over me, they control the right side.
What is the left hemisphere of the cerebrum?
300
If you unfold me, I'm about the size of a pillowcase.
What is the cerebrum?
300
Children with ____________show a lack of connectivity between regions of the brain that incorporate motor activity.
What is autism?
300
By composing me, children are more likely to retain information they are learning.
What is a song or music.
300
In the brain world, I am another meaning for the word PET.
What is a Positron Emission Tomography?
400
I am what connects the two hemispheres in the cerebrum.
What is the corpus callosum?
400
I am the size of a 3 lb. grapefruit.
What is the brain?
400
A mild brain injury can lead to this.
What is dementia?
400
Higher order thinking, problem solving skills, and cooperative learning increases when a child's _________is in a positive state.
What is the amyglada?
400
I am the CNS which consists of the _________and _______
What is the Central Nervous System and it consists of the brain and spinal cord?
500
This occurs between dendrites and the axon.
What is a synapse?
500
A time period when the brain demands certain input in order to create long lasting structures.
What is the window of opportunity?
500
A bipolar disorder can be related to this part of the limbic system.
What is the amyglada?
500
Novelty should be incorporated in classrooms to gain students' attention. True or false?
What is true?
500
Receptors are activated by a protein referred to as BDNF.
What is brain - derived neurotrophic factor?
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