Brain Buzz
Sensory switchboard! All the senses, except olfactory is processed in this part of the brain.
What is the Thalamus?
Responsible for high cognitive functions such as planning, decision-making and impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Damage to this hemisphere may include inability or difficulty in communicating or processing language.
What is the Left hemisphere? Left frontal lobe?
What is non-experimental research?
This tiny, but crucial part of the brain regulates heart rate and body temperature. It also controls the pituitary gland which release hormones related to sleep, metabolism, and reproduction urges.
What is the hypothalamus?
This cortex located on the frontal lobe is responsible for body movement. located in both hemispheres is reponsible for left body and right body movements.
What is motor cortex?
When language understanding is limited, even though you can speak it, a scientist may suspect damage to what area in the temporal lobe?
What is Wernicke's Area?
Language processing.
What is studied in an experiment, and what is changed/manipulated by the researcher are known as these 2 things.
What are dependent and independent variables?
Found in the hindbrain between the pons and medulla this part of the brain is involved in arousal and alertness.
What is the Reticular Activating System? What is Reticular formation?
What is somatosensory cortex?
After a stroke, a patient displays signs of damage to this area, as he/she struggles to physically speak language; they know what they want to say, but cannot say it.
What is Broca's area?
An in depth look at an individual, or a group of people which provide general principles of behaviors, but may lack generalizability to the broader population.
What is a case study?
In most people these two parts of the brain are located in the left hemisphere and are involved in functions related to language.
What is Wernicke's area and Broca's area?
Located in the temporal lobe, this cortex is involved with hearing. Makes sense since it is located in the area of our ears.
What is primary auditory cortex? What is auditory association cortex?
This brain part is involved in balance, and if damaged can cause someone to struggle walking and finding balance.
What is the cerebellum?
If a researcher wants to prove a causal relationship between intelligence and adequate sleep, they will conduct this type of research.
What is an experiment?
After falling back and slamming your head on the concrete; blurry or dark spots in you sight may result from damage to this lobe.
What is the occipital lobe?
What is correlation does not imply causation?