Lobes
This lobe is located in the front of the brain and assists with logic, planning, and impulse control.
What is the frontal lobe?
ADHD can often affect these functional skills in a child or adult (organize, plan, problem solve, manage time, etc.)
What are executive functioning skills?
The part of the brain that controls the left side of your body.
What is the right hemisphere?
The name of the cell that composes the nervous system and transmits chemical messages from your brain to body and your body to your brain.
What is a neuron?
This gland in the brain is the size of a pea and is considered the master gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
Lobe located in the back of the head. This lobe assists with image (visual) interpretation.
What is the occipital lobe?
The disease that causes individuals to have very excited, euphoric moods followed by very low energy, depressed moods.
What is bipolar disorder?
The schwan cells that wrap around the long middle section of a neuron are responsible for this.
What is protection and efficiency?
The name of the phase of sleep in which you dream and that your eyes move rapidly.
What is REM?
A government organization that does extensive research for scientists and by scientists in a range of areas.
What is the NIH?
This lobe is located at the top of the head and one of it's functions is to integrate sensory information from the body.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
This neuro-diverse condition occurs in about 1 of every 10 kids in the U.S.
What is ADHD?
Which lobe of the brain is typically pretty active during dreaming.
What is the occipital lobe?
Using sound and how it bounces off objects to determine your location.
What is echolocation?
Nerve sensory receptors are located closest together in this area of the body.
What are the lips?
This part of the brain is sometimes called the "little brain".
What is the cerebellum?
This disorder encompasses the areas of inattentiveness, impulse control, and/or hyperactivity.
What is ADHD?
This area of the brain is responsible for controlling things that you don't consciously think about (breathing, heartrate, blinking, etc.)
What is the brain stem?
The word that means "half of a sphere".
What is hemisphere?
The area of the brain that develops last.
What is the frontal lobe?
The lobe of the brain that is responsible for interpreting sound and is located on the sides of the head.
What is the temporal lobe?
The name for the circumstance when Pavlov's dogs began to salivate after hearing a bell ring.
What is a conditioned response?
The part of the brain that helps you with coordination, muscle memory, and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
The word used to describe a chemical messenger in the body.
What is a hormone?
The phrase to describe developing good sleep routines and habits to promote quality sleep and the right quantity of sleep.
What is sleep hygiene?