Memory
These memory cells, found in the temporal lobe, activate for specific concepts, like "needle" or "sewing."
What are concept cells?
This area, named after a 19th-century French physician, is critical for speech production.
What is Broca’s area?
This part of the brain, located just behind your forehead, is crucial for decision-making and planning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This refers to the process of understanding your own thought processes and those of others.
What is mentalizing?
This type of memory stores general facts and data, like the name of a dog breed.
What is semantic memory?
A patient with this type of aphasia can speak fluently but struggles with comprehension and coherence.
What is Wernicke’s aphasia?
This ability, part of executive function, allows you to suppress inappropriate behaviors or actions.
What is inhibition?
This controversial theory posits that certain neurons fire both when performing an action and observing it.
What is the mirror neuron theory?
Damage to this area of the brain can cause agnosia, leading to difficulties recognizing visual stimuli.
What is the temporal lobe?
This gene, linked to inherited language disorders, influences motor-speech coordination.
What is FOXP2?
This executive function skill helps adjust behavior based on changing rules or conditions.
What is shifting (or mental flexibility)?
This brain region, located at the junction of the temporal and parietal lobes, focuses on understanding others' actions.
What is the temporoparietal junction (TPJ)?
This condition, caused by bilateral damage to the fusiform face area, is also called "face blindness."
What is prosopagnosia?
This area of the fusiform gyrus is key to recognizing written letters and words across languages.
What is the visual word form area (VWFA)?
This form of memory, used to temporarily hold and manipulate information, depends on the PFC and parietal lobe.
What is working memory?
This part of the PFC is involved in affective decision-making, such as weighing rewards and punishments.
What is the orbitofrontal cortex?