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Brain Facts
100

Brain lobe responsible for hearing and language processing

What is the temporal lobe

100

This person is considered the father of psychoanalysis 

Sigmund Freud

100

This movie is the highest-grossing film of all time

Avatar

100

This is tall when it's young and short when it is old

What is a candle

100

A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains this many neurons: a) 20,000 b) 50,000 c)100,000 c) 200,000

What is c) 100,000 nuerons

200

The human retina uses these cells to detect color

What is cone cells

200

A method of cognition that involves utilizing a shortcut generalization to make decisions

What is a heuristic 

200

This ocean has the largest surface area

What is the Pacific Ocean

200

This is full of holes but still holds water

What is a sponge

200

This part of the brain is the last to develop around the age of 25

What is frontal lobe 

300

Country with the most time zones

What is France

300

The number of digits the average person can recall using short-term memory

What is 7 (+/- 2)

300

This is the highest-grossing production on Broadway ever

What is Phantom of the Opera

300

You can hold this without ever touching it

What is your breath

300

The brain does this as it ages throughout one's lifetime

What is shrinks in size

400

C9orf72 mutations and TDP-43 aggregates are associated with this disease

What is ALS/FTD

400

The psychologist who proposed the concept of general intelligence or "g-factor"

What is Robert Edward Spearman

400

This serial killer with this famous nickname and this full name attended graduate school at the University of Michigan 

What is the Unabomber - Ted Kaczynski

400

This begins with an "e" but only has one letter in it 

What is an envolope

400

The brain consumes this % of the body's total energy

What is 20 %

500

Neurons expressing GABA are generally ____ in the developing human brain

What is excitatory

500

The psychologist who ran the Stanford Prison Experiment

What is Professor Philip Zimbardo

500

There have been this many presidents of the University of Michigan

What is 15

500

You can only hold this in your left hand and not your right hand

What is your right elbow

500

When a neuron is stimulated, it generates an electrical impulse that travels this many miles per hour

what is 350 mph