Central Nervous System
Lobes of the Brain
Healthy Brain
Train Your Brain
Hemispheres
100
How quickly can messages travel to the brain?
1000 per second
100
What lobe controls our emotions?
the frontal lobe
100
How can you keep your brain safe?
wear a helmet when doing risky sports
100
What does train your brain mean?
any practice to develop neural highways
100
right
Which side of your brain controls your left hand?
200
What is the job of the axon?
to carry messages away from cell bodies
200
What lobes processes visual information?
occipital lobe
200
What can kill brain cells?
taking drugs or drinking alcohol
200
What does "light brain" mean?
that I haven't developed the neural highways and dendrites
200
left
What side of the brain is considered verbal?
300
Who are the scouts in your body?
the five senses
300
What lobe controls auditory perception, speech and language comprehension?
temporal lobe
300
Name three brain foods.
dark chocolate, kale, brussels sprouts, broccoli, apple, olive oil, oranges, coffee beans, swiss cheese, tomatoes, blueberries, bananas
300
Name three ways people can stretch their brain
the twelve brain rules
300
right
If I make a decision based on a hunch, feeling or intuition, I'd be using which side of the brain?
400
How many axons can each neuron have?
one
400
What lobe interprets sensory information?
parietal lobe
400
What is one way to exercise your brain?
puzzles, solve problems, make new things, play a musical instrument and learn something new
400
Why is perfect practice more important than practice makes perfect?
because it trains the brain in the correct way
400
left
What side of the brain would be responsible for drawing conclusions based on logic?
500
What is a synapse?
the empty space between the axon and dendrite, organ or muscle
500
How many lobes are there in each cerebral hemisphere?
four
500
How does exercising your heart help your brain?
it brings oxygen to the brain
500
How does training your brain make your brain different from anyone elses?
the strength of neural highways
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