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What is the pathway from the retina to the brain, specializing in detecting motion, depth, and low-contrast visual information

What is the magnocellular pathway?

100

The difference between [t] in top and [t] in stop in English is an example of this phonetic feature.

What is aspiration?

100

Type of neurological disorder the patient has in the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 

What is Agnosia

100

The 19th-century railroad worker survived an iron rod blasting through his skull, becoming one of the most famous cases in neuroscience.

Who is Phineas Gage

100

The weight of an adult brain 

What is roughly 3 pounds

200

The longest axon in the human body

What is the sciatic nerve

200

f,θ,s,ʃ,h

What are the voiceless fricatives?

200

5 emotions in Riley’s brain in the movie Inside Out

What is Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust

200

The brain structure removed in a famous 1953 case study on patient H.M. that lead to profound memory loss

What is the hippocampus

200

Laser is an example of what type of word

What is an acronym 

300

The method that genetically encoded light-sensitive ion channels to control neuronal activity with millisecond precision

What is Optogenetics?

300

process of decreasing proficiency in or losing a language

What is Language Attrition?

300

The movie where the plot was based on the main character (Scarlett Johansson) becoming superhuman by gaining the ability to access 100% of her brain 

What is Lucy

300

Determine that nerves conduct electrical activity

Who were Galvani and Dubois-Raymond

300

Where is Noam Chomsky?

Brazil

400

The 12 cranial nerves

  1. Olfactory nerve (I): Responsible for sense of smell.
  2. Optic nerve (II): Responsible for vision.
  3. Oculomotor nerve (III): Controls eye movements, pupil dilation, and eyelid movement.
  4. Trochlear nerve (IV): Controls eye movement (superior oblique muscle).
  5. Trigeminal nerve (V): Responsible for sensation in the face, head, and mouth, and controls chewing muscles.
  6. Abducens nerve (VI): Controls eye movement (lateral rectus muscle).
  7. Facial nerve (VII): Responsible for taste, facial sensation, and facial muscle movement.
  8. Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII): Responsible for hearing and balance.
  9. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX): Controls taste, swallowing, and salivation.
  10. Vagus nerve (X): Controls heart rate, digestion, and other involuntary functions.
  11. Accessory nerve (XI): Controls neck and shoulder muscles.
  12. Hypoglossal nerve (XII): Controls tongue movement. 
400

Model of spoken word recognition proposes that words sharing the initial sounds are activated and gradually eliminated until only one remains

What is the Cohort Model

400

The condition that the patient in the movie Brain on Fire was diagnosed with 

What is anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (Autoimmune Encephalitis)

400

The year EEG was invented

1929

400

Jerob?

You can really never know so automatic +100 

500

The nucleus in the medulla oblongata of the brainstem that contains motor neurons controlling the muscles of the soft palate, pharynx, and larynx, which are crucial for swallowing and speech

What is the nucleus ambiguus

500

Part of the world where a language was found that has no numbers

Where is the Amazon or Brazil?

Fun fact: MIT professor of brain and cognitive sciences Edward Gibson, found that members of the Piraha tribe in remote northwestern Brazil use language to express relative quantities such as "some" and "more," but not precise numbers.

It is often assumed that counting is an innate part of human cognition, said Gibson, "but here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but it's not useful in their culture, so they've never picked it up."

 

500

Brain area that, when disrupted is believed to be related to the symptoms of the main character in Fight Club (DID)  


What is the anterior cingulate gyrus

500

The 19th-century pseudoscience that claimed to determine a person's character and mental faculties by examining the shape and bumps on their skull

What is phrenology

500

Famous pop star who got engaged today

Who is Taylor Swift