The Brain
Parts of the Brain
Sensation & Perception
Nerve Cells
The Mystery Bucket
100
The _____ hemisphere of the brain is superior to the ______ hemisphere in recognizing people's faces.
What is the right hemisphere?
100
Identify #1
What is the Cerebrum
100
The process of the brain receiving, processing, and reassembling millions of pieces of information.
What is perception?
100
Identify #1
What are dendrites?
100
During REM, we experience a sort of paralysis that prevents us from acting out our dreams, known as __.
What is paradoxical sleep?
200
This unfortunate man helped to spark modern interest in studying the physiology and biology of the brain.
Who was Phineas Gage?
200
Identify #2
What is the midbrain?
200
The process of taking in physical stimuli from the environment and changing it into electrical messages that can be interpreted & understood by the brain
What is transduction?
200
Identify #2
What is the cell body?
200
What is unique about the following nonsense phrase:
"umop apisdn"
It is "upside down" spelled upside down
300
______ cross the synaptic gap between cells to communicate a message from one to the other
What are neurotransmitters?
300
Identify #3
What is the cerebellum?
300
Which Gestalt law is this image an example of?
What is the law of closure?
300
Identify #3
What is the Myelin Sheath?
300
This chill-looking device is used to measure brain waves
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What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
400
Sometimes called the "little brain," this part of your brain controls all of your fine motor functions and balance. Many actions controlled here are more or less automatic.
What is the cerebellum?
400
Identify #4
What is the Pons?
400
The place of transduction in the ear
What is the cochlea?
400
Identify #4
What is the Axon?
400
This is the only sensation that does not use transduction:
What is the smell?
500
This part of your brain is a collection of structures in your cerebral cortex and is involved with our emotional and behavioral responses.
What is your limbic system?
500
Identify #5
What is the Medulla?
500
The place for transduction in the eye
What is the retina?
500
Identify #5
What are axon terminals?
500
This state has more coast line than any of the other lower 48 states. 
What is Minnesota?