Looking at the Brain
Amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain surface.
What is an E.E.G. (Electroencephalogram)?
This controls heartbeat and breathing.
What is the Medulla?
A nerve network in the brainstem; controls arousal.
What is Reticular Formation?
This top/back section of the brain controls the sensory input.
What is/are the Parietal Lobes?
Brain tissue destruction; natural or experimental.
What is a Lesion?
Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue.
What is an M.R.I (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
This part of the brain coordinates movement.
What are the Pons?
These little structures support, nourish, and protect neurons.
What are Glial Cells?
This bottom/back section of the brain helps process visual information.
What is/are the Occipital Lobes?
Brain regions are stimulated electrically, chemically, or magnetically and researchers study the impact on functioning.
What is Stimulation?
Radioactive form of glucose shows visual display of brain activity.
What is a P.E.T. (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan?
This part of the brain controls emotions.
What is the Amygdala?
The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
What is the Corpus Callosum?
Located in the front of parietal lobes, this registers and processes body touch and movement sensations.
What is the Somatosensory Cortex?
The brain’s ability to modify itself after tissue damage.
What is Plasticity?
X-ray photos taken from different angles combined through computers into a composite representation.
What is a C.T. (Computed Tomography) Scan?
What is the Thalamus?
Oldest part of the brain; accounts for automatic survival functions.
What is the Brainstem?
Phineas Gage injured this specific part of his brain.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This is the brain’s left and right hemispheres serve different physiological and cognitive functions
What is Lateralization?
This reveals brain activity via blood flow.
What is an f.M.R.I. (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
This part of the brain deals with maintenance activities in the body
What is the Hypothalamus?
This part of the brain controls the muscle movements involved in speech
What is Broca's Area
Any area of the cerebral cortex not associated with receiving sensory information or controlling muscle movements is called a(n) _________
What are the Association Areas?
A brain imaging technique that measures magnetic fields from the brain’s natural electrical activity.
What is MEG (Magnetoencephalography)?