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What is the function of the frontal lobe?

  • Thinking, planning, organizing 
  • Problem-solving 
  • Decision-making 
  • Emotional control 
  • Motor function 
100

What mental illness is characterized by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, and other symptoms that interfere with daily functioning?




Depression

100

What can happen if the frontal lobe is damaged?

Significant personality changes, difficulty with planning and decision-making, impaired judgment, poor impulse control, problems with social behavior, and sometimes even motor function issues

100

The basic functional unit of the nervous system.

Neurons

100

Which Winnie the Pooh Character has OCD?

Winnie the Pooh

200

What is the function of the temporal lobe?

  • Memory formation 
  • Emotion processing 
  • Hearing
  • Language comprehension
200

What mental illness is a common emotion characterized by feelings of worry, fear, unease, and apprehension, but becomes a disorder when it's persistent, excessive, and interferes with daily life?

Anxiety

200

What can happen if the temporal lobe is damaged?

Difficulties with memory, language comprehension, auditory processing, facial recognition, and can even cause personality changes, most notably impacting the ability to understand spoken words (receptive aphasia) and recall new information due to impaired long-term memory function.

200
Bundles of neurons that carry information between the CNS and PNS. 

Nerves

200

Which Winnie the Pooh Character has Anxiety?

Piglet

300

What is the function of the occipital lobe?

  • Vision
  • Processing visual information
  • Recognizing objects and faces


300

What mental illness is a chronic mental illness characterized by significant disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotions, and behaviors?




Schizophrenia

300

What can happen if the occipital lobe is damaged?

Primarily affects vision, leading to symptoms like blindness, visual field cuts, difficulty recognizing colors, visual hallucinations, trouble locating objects, and problems with reading and writing due to its role in processing visual information

300
The control center of the body, responsible for higher-order functions like cognition, emotion, and memory. 

Brain

300

Which Winnie the Pooh Character has Dysthymia?

Eeyore

400

What is the function of the parietal lobe?


  • Body awareness 
  • Spatial orientation 
  • Integration of sensory information 
  • Sensory perception (touch, taste, smell) 

400

What mental illness features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions. These obsessions and compulsions get in the way of daily activities and cause a lot of distress?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

400

What can happen if the parietal lobe is damaged?

Difficulties with spatial awareness, coordination, sensory perception, and performing everyday tasks

400
A cylindrical bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body. It transmits sensory information and motor commands. 

Spinal Cord

400

Which Winnie the Pooh Character has ADHD?

Tigger

500

What is the function of the spinal cord?

Send motor commands from the brain to the body, send sensory information from the body to the brain, and coordinate reflexes.

500

What metal illness is a chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

500

What can happen if the spinal cord is damaged?

Can cause temporary or permanent changes in feeling, movement, strength, and body functions below the point where the injury happens

500
Clusters of neurons located outside the CNS that process and relay signals. 

Ganglia

500

Which Winnie the Pooh Character has schizophrenia?

Christopher Robin