Structure
The basic working units of the brain.
What are neurons?
This is in charge of problem-solving, planning, decision-making, and personality.
What is the Frontal lobe?
The process of learning and remembering which involves multiple brain regions.
What is memory?
Shows brain structure and activity during tasks.
What is MRI / fMRI?
The most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life.
What is Alzheimers?
Manages automatic functions like breathing, heartbeat, and digestion.
What is brainstem?
Responsible for thought, memory, language, creativity, and voluntary movement.
What is the cerebrum?
Processes emotions, fear, stress, and emotional memories.
What is the amygdala?
Acronym for electroencephalogram that measures electrical brain waves through the scalp.
What is EEG?
A severe loss of memory caused by brain injury, stroke, or psychological trauma. It can be temporary or permanent.
What are the causes of amnesia?
Neurons use these to communicate inside the neuron and through synapses.
What are electrical and chemical impulses?
Controls balance, coordination, and precision of movement.
The three stages of memory: taking information, keeping it.
What is encoding, storage, and retrieval?
Positron emission tomography, a scan that detects metabolic activity.
What are PET scans?
Chronic neurological brain disorder defined by recurring, unprovoked seizures caused by sudden bursts of abnormal electrical activity.
What is epilepsy?
Processes information, also known as cell body.
What is the soma?
Touch, spatial awareness, and processing sensory information.
What is the parietal lobe?
Type of memory primarily associated with the prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex
What is working memory?
Acronym for magnetoencephalography, a scan that measures the tiny magnetic fields produced by neurons.
What is a MEG scan?
When blood flow to your brain is stopped.
What is the primary cause of a stroke?
Receives information from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
Converts short-term memories into long-term memories.
What is the hippocampus?
Helps with focus, planning, and decision-making.
What is pre-frontoral cortex?
A recently made machine that edits genes for a broad range of diseases.
What is CRISPR?
Symptoms include depression, explosive outbursts, memory loss, and impaired speech, as well as slow movement, tremors, and stiffness.
What are the symptoms of traumatic brain injury?