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100

What age does the prefrontal cortex finish developing?

25

100

True or false: The brain does not have any pain receptors. 

True

100

What do Neurologists do?

Diagnose neurological conditions

Prescribe treatments 


100

What year was UCLA founded?

1919

100

What was the newest emotion added in Inside Out 2?

Anxiety 

200

What is the brain region responsible for fear associated memory?

The amygdala

200

True or False: All muscle movement is controlled by the brain.

False

200

What specialist uses cognitive tests to assess how brain damage or disease affects thinking and behavior?

Neuropsychologist

200
How many differences are there between the two bell towers of Royce Hall?

52

200

What two word phrase about doomscrolling was Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year?

Brain rot

300

What region of the brain holds the most neurons?

The cerebellum

300

How many synapses are in the brain?

100 trillion+

300

What does a neurotologist do?

Surgeon for the inner ear and base of the skull

300

Name the four original buildings on UCLA’s campus

Powell Library

Haines Hall

Kinsey Hall/Pavilion

Royce Hall

300

Who's hosted Love Island USA since season 6? 

Ariana Madix

400

Damage to what specific area of the brain makes it hard to produce speech?

The left frontal lobe, Broca's area

400

What the technique that won the recent Nobel Prize in physiology?

Optogenetics

400

What does a Neurogastronomy researcher study?

ow the brain builds flavor from smell, taste, texture, and sound

400

What was UCLA’s original name when it was founded?

The Southern Branch of the University of California

400

What Marvel hero was a neurosurgeon before becoming a sorcerer?

Doctor Strange

500

What is the only cranial nerve that reaches all the way down to the abdomen?

The vagus nerve

500

What are the three types of glial cells?

Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia

500

What type of neurologist watches an EEG end eye tracking to study how people react to ads?

A neuromarketing researcher. 

500

What was the first message ever sent over the early internet from Boelter Hall?

"lo" system crashed before they could type "login"

500

A labubu is one in a group of elf-like characters called what?

The Monsters