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What percentage of your brain is fat?
60%
Can the brain feel pain?
No.
The brain is formed in how many hemispheres?
2.
Who is Phineas Gage?
He is a man who got into a workplace accident. A rod entered into his cheek and punctured his brain.
Worth 500: What is the frontal lobe's roles and responsibilities?
Involved in problem solving, memory and personality. It contains the pre frontal cortex responsible for decision making and regulating emotions.
At what age does your brain fully form?
25
The brain effectively consists of how man types of neurons?
3
How many lobes does the brain contain?
4.
Who is Aaron Hernandez?
He was a football player in the NFL who had severe brain damage due to CTE.
Worth 500: What is the parietal lobe's roles and responsibilities?
Spatial processing, sensory processing, and speech.
What percentage of your brain do you use when sleeping?
100% of the time.
86 billion.
The oldest part of the brain is...
The Brain Stem.
What is CTE?
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. It is a brain disease the progresses due to repeated head trauma.
Worth 500: What is the Occipital lobe's roles and responsibilities?
The main responsibility of this part of the brain is vision.
How much does your brain weigh?
3 pounds.
What is "grey matter" concerning the brain?
motor neurons, sensory neurons, relay neurons.
The part of the brain responsible for balance is...
The Cerebellum.
How can brain injuries change a person?
Their mood, attitude, personality, etc.
Worth 500: What is the temporal lobe's roles and responsibilities?
processing sensory information, memories, speech, and language.
What percentage of oxygen does your brain use that you breathe in?
20%
What is "white matter" concerning the brain?
The parts of the brain that connect the grey matter.
Name 2 things the limbic system has that a psychologist is interested in. Hint: they are things that a psychologist studies in a person.
Mood, emotions, behaviour, memory, rewards.
Why can't our brains feel pain?
Our brains have no pain receptors. However, the neurons in the brain do evaluate and transmit signals from the body that are in pain.
The limbic system is...
The center of the brain containing the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, hypothalomus, thalamus.