Brain Functions
The lobe in charge of visual processing
What is the occipital lobe
The serious, logical side of your brain
What is the left hemisphere
Phineas Gage injured this, changing is impulse control and personality
What is the frontal lobe
Your short-term memory can hold this many items on average
What is 7
The more creative side of your brain
Connects your brain and body enabling you to move
Not being able to move your right arm could signal damage on this side of your brain
What is the left hemisphere
Retrieving information out of your long term memory is called this
Controls your heartbeat and breathing
What is the medulla
Connects the left and right hemispheres of your brain
What is the corpus collosum
This brain part gets severed as part of a procedure called split brain surgery
What is the corpus collosum
An emotionally powerful memory is often referred to as this
What is a flashbulb memory
Maintains homeostasis within your body
What is the hypothalamus
Area of the brain responsible for speech production
What is Broca's Area
Stephanie cannot process language because she injured this
What is Wernicke's Area
Tricks to remember information which include acronyms, songs, and rhymes
What are mnemonics
Movement, balance, and sensory information
Outer layer of the brain and higher level processing
What is the cerebral cortex
When Henry Molaison had this part of his brain operated on, he lost all ability to form new memories
What is the hippocampus
The process of practicing information to keep it in your short-term memory longer
What is maintenance rehearsal