Famous People
This psychologist is known for creating the hierarchy of needs.
Abraham Maslow
This area of the brain is responsible speech production
Broca's Area
This term refers to the mental state of being aware of and focused on the present moment
Mindfulness
This movie is based around a procedure used to help the characters erase painful memories from their brains
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Another term for Boston related to its rich history with baked beans 🫘
Beantown
This person is known for developing the theory of operant conditioning.
B.F. Skinner
This area of the brain is associated with memory formation
Hippocampus
This concept describes the 'tip of the tongue' phenomenon
Retrieval failure
This Netflix series follows a young girl with telekinetic abilities who escapes from a lab and encounters supernatural events in her town.
Stranger Things
Dr. Suess' most sold book
Green Eggs and Ham
This scientist mapped the human cerebral cortex based on its cellular structure
Korbinian Brodmann
These are the three types of glia cells in the central nervous system.
Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes, Microglia
This term describes the part of memory where recent events are temporarily stored and manipulated
Working Memory
What was the name of the artistic phase of Pablo Picasso's art characterized by despair, loneliness and the human condition?
Blue Period
These are the last names of BU's 3 core founders
Rich, Sleeper, Claflin
This person won the Nobel Prize for discovering that neurons communicate via chemical synapses
Otto Loewi
These brainwave patterns associated with deep sleep and meditation
Delta waves
This is the cognitive process where an individual unknowingly ignores memories that are irrelevant to the current task
Selective memory
This animated TV show features a scientist who travels to other dimensions with his grandson
Rick and Morty
Dr. Tullai's nickname in NE 203 at one point
"Too Fly"
This female neuroscientist is best known for studying Albert Einstein's brain
Dr. Marian Diamond
This EEG response (event-related potential) is a measure of semantic anomalies
N400
This is the phenomenon where a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values simultaneously, leading to mental discomfort
Cognitive dissonance
This movie character enters the dreams of others to extract or plant information.
Domm Cobb (Inception)
What is Professor Gobrogge's favorite boston restaurant?
Yvonne's