The Brain
Which part of the brain is located in the middle and is responsible for vision and hearing?
What is the midbrain
Which lobe is responsible for interpreting and remembering auditory information such as music and speech?
What is the temporal lobe
What are the three categories of committees ENSA oversees?
What are the programming, outreach, and marketing committees?
Which part of the nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord?
What is the central nervous system
At what age is your brain fully formed?
What is 25-27 years old
Between birth and age 3, how many times does the brain increase?
What is 3X
Which lobe is responsible for interpreting and remembering visual information?
What is the occipital lobe
How long has ENSA been a club on Emory’s campus?
What is 3 years
Which part of the nervous system contains all the other nerves than the brain and spinal cord?
What is the peripheral nervous system
At what age on average does your spinal cord stop growing?
What is 4 years old
Which part of the brain is responsible for complex cognitive skills such as judgment and decision making?
What is the frontal lobe
What percent mass of the human brain does the cerebellum make up?
What is 10 percent
Which organization of undergraduate students interested in reviewing modern neuroscience literature has a chapter at Emory, housed through ENSA?
UNJC (Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal Club)
Which cells provide transmission electrical and chemical signals that regulate all the processes in our body?
What are neurons
What is the process of coating neural axons called?
What is myelination
Which side of the brain is responsible for language, reading, and mathematical calculations?
What is the left side
What system is involved with learning, memory, emotion, and motivation? (Hint: it’s a system)
What is the limbic system
When does ENSA’s Freshman Representative application close?
September 15th
Which cells make up about 90% of all the cells in the brain?
What are glial cells
What percentage of the human brain is made of fat?
What is 60%
(It is actually considered the fattiest organ in the human body!)
What connects the left and right side of the brain?
What is the corpus callosum
Which lobe carries the main job of processing information about our sense of touch?
What is the parietal lobe
Which member of ENSA’s executive team has a minor in Greek?
Tommy
What is the primary role of Schwann cells (the primary glial cells in the peripheral nervous system)
What is forming the myelin sheath around axons of neurons
How much does the average adult human brain weigh?
What is 3 pounds