Brain Nerds
Brain
Ear
Eye
Nervous System
100

This person was known as the father of behaviorism, he did the little Albert study, and known for classical conditioning

Watson

100

Receives sensory input for movement and touch. Contains the somatosensory cortex

Parietal Lobe

100

The narrow, tubelike passage through which sound enters the ear

Ear canal

100

Transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to focus images on the retina

Lens

100

The brain and spinal cord

Central nervous system

200

Four stage theory of cognitive development. One: Space sensory motor. Two: Pre-operational. Three: concrete operational. Four: Formal operational.

Piaget

200

Part of the limbic system; involved in memory

Hippocampus

200

The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear

Hammer

200

The central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones surround it

Fovea

200

Transmits information to/from the central nervous system

Peripheral nervous system

300

Specific mental talents were highly correlated. All cognitive abilities showed common core "g" factor/general ability.

Spearman

300

Contains centers for the control of vital processes, including respiration and cardiovascular functions. It also is involved in the coordination of eye movements and balance

Pons
300

A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses

Cochlea

300

Light sensitive; contains rods/cones and layers of neurons that start to process visual info

Retina
300

- Part of the Peripheral Nervous System
- Automatically regulates glands, internal organs, etc.

Autonomic nervous system

400

Multiple intelligences: Verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic

Gardner

400

Ability to read, controls word transformations into auditory code

Angular gyrus

400

It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum

Pinna

400

Protects the eye and the first place where light enters; bends light to focus

Cornea

400

- Part of the Peripheral Nervous System
- Carries sensory information and controls movement of the skeletal muscles

Somatic nervous system

500

Trichromatic theory of color vision: three types of color receptors and

Young-Helmholtz

500

Support, nourish & protect neurons; make up the cerebral cortex

Glial cells

500

It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum

Semicircular canals

500

Point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye

Blind spot theory

500

- Part of the Autonomic Nervous System
- Maintains body functions under ordinary conditions
- Saves energy

Parasympathetic division