The Bones of the Brain (aka neuroanatomy)
When this area of the brain is damaged, it causes expressive aphasia.
What is Broca's Area?
This fluid flows in the subarachnoid space.
What is CSF?
The PHQ-9 is a dimensional assessment of this mental health condition.
What is depression/Major Depressive Disorder?
This neuroscientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of neurons.
Who is Santiago Ramón y Cajal?
What percentage of the brain is utilized on a daily basis?
100%; 10% is a common myth
This structure connects the left and right hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
This is the most common malignant pediatric cancer.
What is medulloblastoma?
This is a mental health condition marked by a consistent pattern of detachment from and general disinterest in social relationships
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?
Where was the earliest record of the brain written?
Where is Egypt?
What do bees do to indicate and direct their team to a honey source?
What is the the bee / waggle dance
The structure that makes CSF.
What is the choroid plexus?
This type of seizure has no loss of consciousness and has quick, repetitive jerks.
What is myoclonic (seizures)?
Psych term for mental shortcuts or rules of thumb
Heuristics
This French scientist discovered the brain's speech-production center in the left frontal lobe.
Who is Paul Broca?
Which reptile is capable of regrowing parts of its brain?
What are axolotls
Injury to these nerve roots causes the classic waiter's tip.
What are C5/C6? Also take "what are the upper nerve roots of brachial plexus?"
This neural tube disorder has herniation of the meninges but not neural tissue through the spine.
What is meningocele?
IAT is the acronym for this measure of an individual's bias.
What is the Implicit Association Test?
This 19th-century neurologist linked specific brain lesions to movement disorders like ataxia.
Who is Jean-Martin Charcot?
This 2010 film follows a U.S. Marshal investigating the case of a missing patient at a psychiatric facility.
What is Shutter Island?
A cluster of nerve bodies in the medulla responsible for fine touch and proprioception in the legs.
What is the nucleus gracilis?
A portion of this primitive brain region eventually becomes the thalamus.
What is the diencephalon or prosencephalon (do not accept telencephalon)?
What neurosurgical operation won a Nobel prize?
Lobotomy
Where was Albert Einstein's brain found in 1978 after being preserved in a cider box?
Where is Canada (Ontario)?
This creature is known for having a brain shaped like a doughnut
What is an octopus?