History
The first people to realize that the brain existed, but did not think it contained thoughts.
Egyptians
The brain has _______ hemispheres.
Two
These chemicals are used in the brain so neurons can communicate with each other and they determine how the brain controls the rest of your body.
Neurotransmitters
The brain is made of this substance, making this substance an important part of diet for a healthy brain.
Fat
This machine shows the electrical activity in the brain.
EEG
This disease within the brain is caused by certain cells, such as glial cells, growing out of control and crowding out other neurons which may crush and destroy them.
Brain tumor
Each hemisphere of the brain has ____ lobes.
Four
Aristotle believed that the brain was not the center of thought, but actually served what purpose?
Air conditioner
This is the wrinkly looking glob that makes up the largest section of the brain.
Cerebrum
Neurons are separated by this open space.
Synapse
This memory trick involves creating this in your mind and placing things you want to remember in it.
Memory palace
True or False: Eating a healthy diet consisting of certain types of fats and avoiding inflammatory foods like gluten and dairy can aid in preventing and treating imbalances in the brain.
True
If your head is hit hard enough you might get a ____________.
Concussion
Personality, behavior, emotions, judgment, planning, problem solving and more happen in this lobe.
Frontal lobe
Scientists were first able to see neurons when Camillo Golgi accidentally dropped this animal's brain into a solution of silver nitrate.
Owl
This is below the cerebrum, at the base of your skull and above your neck.
Cerebellum
These are the caretakers of the brain. They hold neurons in place, protect them, provide nutrients and dispose of dead neurons.
Glial cells
Music
This type of therapy involved strapping a person to a table, attaching electrodes to their head and blasting electricity through their brain. It seemed to make people less violent for a short time. This type of therapy still has limited uses today.
Electroshock
True or False: The brain can feel pain.
False
This lobe interprets language and words, sense of touch, pain and temperature and more.
Parietal lobe
In the dark ages, these skilled workers were taught to be surgeons because they knew how to use a razor and many surgeons died in the Black Death.
Barbers
This part of the brain runs down from your cerebrum and cerebellum to connect the brain to the rest of the body.
Brain stem
This part of the neuron is how it reaches out to the rest of the brain and central nervous system. It transmits the messages from that neuron to the next.
Axon
This memory trick involves using language to improve memory. An example of this trick is "I before E, except after C."
Mnemonics
The frontal lobe is removed in this type of procedure. Removal of the frontal lobe often resulted in less aggression. It is no longer used today.
Lobotomy
Too many or not enough of certain types of these can contribute to conditions such as depression or anxiety.
Neurotransmitters
This lobe interprets vision.
Occipital lobe
A tamping iron went through his left cheek and through his head. After recovering he became violently angry and would yell and swear for no reason. He died 12 years later.
Phineas Gage
The brain stem connects to this, which connects the brain to the rest of the body.
Spinal cord
These are the front of every neuron. They point in different directions and there may be hundreds of them on one neuron. These receive information from other neurons.
Dendrites
Getting enough of this type of sleep is important to keep our brains in good working order. It uses this part of the sleep cycle to sort and clean itself.
REM
This machine takes pictures of the soft tissue of the brain.
MRI
These create an imbalance in our neurotransmitters and can severely affect the way the brain and body work.
Drugs
The ______________ lobe is responsible for understanding language, memory, hearing and sequencing and organization.
Temporal