Sense & Sensation
This sense is directly linked to your emotional system
What is Smell?
this part of the brain controls balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
this is the validity of the statement (True or False) "the brain lacks pain receptors"
What is true?
This disease is linked with memory loss in older adults
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
This sense is most strongly tied to memory
What is smell?
this is where you can find the occipital (vision) lobe in the brain
Where is the back?
the weight of the human brain (round to the closest pound)
what is 3 pounds?
This mental disorder is characterized by hallucinations and disorganized thinking
What is schizophrenia?
The condition where your brain mixes up senses
What is synesthesia?
this part of the brain is know for crucial for memory formation
What is the hippocampus?
This is the percent of the body’s oxygen that the brain uses (we will give you a 5% leeway)
What is about 20%?
This condition results when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or interrupted
What's a stroke?
this part of the inner ear helps with balance, not hearing
What are the semicircular canals?
These are all 4 of the major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals
What are the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes?
this mammal has the biggest brain-to-body ratio
what is a Treeshrew? (so valid, turns out they are small mammals native to the tropical forests of S and SE Asia)
This disorder is caused by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons
What is Parkinson’s disease?