Neurons
This part of the neuron receives the message from the previous neuron.
What is the dendrite?
These sensory receptors detect touch and sound
The process of thinking about one's own thinking is called
What is metacognition
Name the five senses
What are smell, touch, sight, sound, taste
How many neurons does a human have?
What is Billions
The space between neurons is called this
What is a synapse?
These sensory receptors detect smells and tastes
What are chemoreceptors
Doing this can help strengthen neurons after you learn new things
What is sleep
The sense of taste also relies on this other sense to work properly.
What is the sense of smell
Interneurons and motor neurons carry messages to and from the brain and are located here
What is the spinal cord
These chemicals cross the synapse and trigger the continuation of the electric message in the receiving dendrite
What is the neurotransmitter?
These sensory receptors detect light and help you see
What are photoreceptors
For most people, the more sense that are used at the same time when learning, the more they can ___________.
What is remember
These are the different tases that can be detected by taste buds
What are bitter, salty, sweet, umami and sour
The interval between stimulus and response is called this
What is reaction time
Cells that carry messages within the nervous system
What is a neuron?
Heat is detected by this sensory receptor
What are Thermoreceptors
When you learn something, neurons do this.
What is form connections with other neurons
Allows the eye to detect black, white, gray shades
What are Rods
This part of the brain helps us recognize emotions and significant events
what is amygdala
Neurons that are _____ do not become connected in a strong permanent pathway and eventually die.
What is "not used"
These are the three tasks for the brain when an impulse is sent from a sensory receptor
What are receive, process and respond
These are four things that can affect how memories are formed
What are paying attention, getting enough sleep, emotions and the number of senses used.
Another Name for Inner Layer of Eye where light energy changes into electric impulses
What is Retina
The sense of touch is more sensitive when mechanoreceptors are ________________
What is more plentiful or overlapping