Famous People
The Brain
The Mind
Pop Culture
Random
100

This psychologist is known for creating the hierarchy of needs.

Abraham Maslow

100

This area of the brain is responsible speech production

Broca's Area

100

This term refers to the mental state of being aware of and focused on the present moment

Mindfulness

100

This movie is based around a procedure used to help the characters erase painful memories from their brains

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

100

Another term for Boston related to its rich history with baked beans 🫘

Beantown

200

This person is known for developing the theory of operant conditioning.

B.F. Skinner

200

This area of the brain is associated with memory formation

Hippocampus

200

This concept describes the 'tip of the tongue' phenomenon

Retrieval failure

200

This Netflix series follows a young girl with telekinetic abilities who escapes from a lab and encounters supernatural events in her town.

Stranger Things

200

Dr. Suess' most sold book

Green Eggs and Ham

300

This scientist mapped the human cerebral cortex based on its cellular structure

Korbinian Brodmann

300

These are the three types of glia cells in the central nervous system.

Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes, Microglia

300

This term describes the part of memory where recent events are temporarily stored and manipulated

Working Memory

300

What was the name of the artistic phase of Pablo Picasso's art characterized by despair, loneliness and the human condition?

Blue Period

300

These are the last names of BU's 3 core founders

Rich, Sleeper, Claflin

400

This person won the Nobel Prize for discovering that neurons communicate via chemical synapses

Otto Loewi

400

These brainwave patterns associated with deep sleep and meditation

Delta waves

400

This is the cognitive process where an individual unknowingly ignores memories that are irrelevant to the current task

Selective memory

400

This animated TV show features a scientist who travels to other dimensions with his grandson

Rick and Morty

400

Dr. Tullai's nickname in NE 203 at one point

"Too Fly"

500

This female neuroscientist is best known for studying Albert Einstein's brain

Dr. Marian Diamond

500

This EEG response (event-related potential) is a measure of semantic anomalies

N400

500

This is the phenomenon where a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values simultaneously, leading to mental discomfort

Cognitive dissonance

500

This movie character enters the dreams of others to extract or plant information.

Domm Cobb (Inception)

500

What is Professor Gobrogge's favorite boston restaurant?

Yvonne's

M
e
n
u