The Brain
How many pounds does the average human brain weigh?
Three pounds.1
REM stands for. . .?
Rapid Eye Movement
The taste of fat?
Oleogustus
Forgetting the past?
Retrograde Amnesia
What does the LEFT hemisphere of the brain specialize in doing?
speech comprehension, language, writing, math (arithmetic reasoning)
People acting out their dreams while sleeping.
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Another term for prosopagnosia is?
Face Blindness
Inability to form new long-term memories.
Anterograde Amnesia
What does the RIGHT hemisphere of the brain specialize in doing?
awareness, visual perception (recognition of faces, patterns, melodies), inferences, expression of emotions
What’s the name of our sleep-wake cycle that regulates body temperature, blood glucose, and hormon secretion?
Circadian Rhythm
When people experience multiple senses at the same time.
Synesthesia
Retention of learned skills via automatic processing.
Implicit Memory
Which part of the brain converts short-term memories into long-term memories?
The hippocampus
A sleep disorder common in children, causing people to walk in deep sleep.
Somnambulism
The amount a stimulus needs to change will be proportional to the intensity of the stimulus.
Weber's Law
How many seconds can we hold things in our short-term memory?
About 18 seconds
Is damage to speech production Broca or Wernicke's aphasia?
Broca's Aphasia
If your husband sounds like a pug in the middle of the night he probably has...?
Sleep Apnea
The semicircle canals in our ears containing endolymph allow us to maintain our balance by way of. . .?
Vestibular Sense
Is phonemic memory shallow or deep?
Shallow