the three main responses to danger
What are Fight, Flight, and Freeze
General term for someone who studies the nervous system
What is a Neuroscientist
A famous scientist's brain, with wider parietal lobes and a larger corpus collosum
What was Albert Einstein's Brain?
3 Lbs or 1.4 KG
How heavy is The brain?
The part of the brain responsible for Fear, Anger, and Aggression.
What is the Amygdala
The brain produces ____ and _____ when it senses danger
Adrenaline and Cortisol
A scan of the brain that uses repeated X-Ray beams passed through the head
What is a CT Scan
the man that survived an iron rod through his frontal lobe in thee 1800s
Who was Phineas Gage?
Your brain processes ____ 60 000 times faster than ____
Images and Words
The amount of electricity the brain generates while awake
~20 watts
Your brain can recognize over 50 000 ___
Scents