Parts of the Brain
Part of the brain that helps with long term memory and is located deep in the temporal lobe of the brain
Hippocampus
The hippocampus is the part of the brain that is helps with memory processing that takes new short term information and organize/transfers information to longer term memory
Jessie has a hard time understand the teachers speaking despite having been able to understand before. What brain dysfunction does she have?
Wernickes Area
Brain region that is responsible for language comprehension and expression that allows for someone to understand written language and hearing someone talk.
Linked to the reward center and is a response to something that gives pleasure or is enjoyable
Dopamine
very common with people who struggle with addictions because it is something they are constantly looking for because of the pleasure they gain from it
Sleep disorder that can last for a long time and can be triggered by sudden stress/trauma that regards staying asleep or falling asleep
Insomnia
Difficulty to fall asleep, stay asleep, or waking up to early despite being able to sleep. Can affect sleep - wake cycle.
Natural hormone the body produces that causes sleepiness and tiredness
Helps regulate the circadian rhythm allowing the body to know when it's time to start calming down.
What part of the brain is connected to the brain stem and helps process visual information and contains the visual cortex?
Occipital lobe
The visual processing hub, located in the back of the head that receives signals from the eyes that transfers them into what you are seeing
A student is struggling to produce his speech and is speaking in fragments of slurred speech. What brain dysfunction is present?
Brocas Area
Part of the frontal lobe of the brain that affects speech production and grammatical structuring. It helps the muscles of the lips, jaw, and tongue to work together to produce words.
People who have depression have to little of this neurotransmitter
Serotonin
A neurotransmitter that regulates mood, sleep, digestion, and bodily functions
"sad sarah" - way to remember
A sleep disorder that causes a person to continuously stop and start breathing during their seep that affects their sleep.
Happens when the throat muscles block the airway or the brain doesn't send proper signals to the brain creating the inconsistent breathing at night.
Internal clock that balances physical, mental, and behavioral sensations.. keeps body regulated
Under the occipital lobe and is coordinated with voluntary movement and balance. What am I?
Cerebellum
Located in the far back of the skill that helps with balance and posture. Plays a big role in motor learning and creating muscle memory.
Someone sees the number 7 as the color red and they hear the color blue as chimes. What brain dysfunction are they most likely to have?
Synesthesia
Brain dysfunction that one sense involuntarily triggers another sense which can cause people to see numbers as colors and hear colors.
Mainly deals with stress that activates your bodies alertness that increases heart rate and constricts blood vessels to go where they are most essential
Norepinephrine
Both a stress hormone and a neurotransmitter that transmits nerve signals to the brain and causes a fight - or - flight reaction
A person has the ability to perform actions as if they were awake but they are asleep.
Somnambulism
AKA; sleep walking - a person performs complex actions while sleeping
Consciousness
Being completely aware of what is going on, it lowers when one is asleep because the brain doesn't have much of what is happening anymore.
Connected to part of the brain stem, what part of the brain controls vital life functions?
Medulla (Oblongata)
The medulla controls involuntary life functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure to keep you alive.
Brain dysfunction usually occurs after someone has had a stroke or brain injury that impacts speech and communication. What brain dysfunction is it?
Aphasia
A mix of wernikes and brocas area that deal with both language comprehension and speech production. Affects a persons ability to be able to speak, write, or understand language.
Helps the brain with synaptic plasticity where the brain is able to change and strengthen over time and is the foundation of learning
Glutamate
Bodies main excitatory that is linked with learning and memory
This sleep disorder is a person that has problems with their brain regulating their sleep - wake cycle that can cause other issues.
Narcolepsy
The brain lacks the ability to tell a person when to sleep and when to wake up that can cause the need to sleep during the day and being awake at night.
Deepest stage of sleep where the most dreaming occurs and the brain is stimulated to learn and creates memories
REM Sleep
Important phase when sleeping where eyes are rapidly moving and there is high brain activity
Part of the brain that helps with decision making, planning, and reason. What part is it?
Frontal Lobe
Frontal lobe isn't fully developed until later in life but helps with complex problem solving, planning, decisions, memories, etc.
Inability to recognize faces someones already seen before
Prosopagnosia
The brain isn't fully able to process the visual information making face recognition diffucult.
Bodies main natural calmer that helps in avoiding feelings of overwhelmed and stress.
GABA ( Gamma - Aminobutyric Acid)
Helps in sleep regulations, mood/focus, and creates sensations of calmness.
Sleep disorder that can cause injury to the person or anyone beside them because of the physical movement taking place that they can't control
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Normal muscle paralysis does not happen during a persons REM sleep causing them physically act out during their dreams
This part of sleeping consist of 3 stages where each one has an important role in helping the body and brain recuporate from the day
NREM
Helps with physical repair and memory consolidating with each of the 3 stages focuses on something important