Occipital Lobe
Which part of the brain is responsible for survival functions such as breathing and heart rate?
Medulla/brainstem
Increases heart rate
Adrenaline
Right side of the body
Left brain
What invention has allowed humans to get more energy from food
Cooking
Which lobe is responsible for planning, thinking, memory, and judgement?
Frontal lobe
Which region of the brain preforms higher functions like interpreting touch, vision, hearing, and speech, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine control of movement?
Cerebrum
Promotes feelings of wellbeing and happiness
Serotonin
Planning
Left brain
What are the three ways the brain changes to support learning?
Chemical
Structural
Functional
Which lobe processes sensory information?
Parietal Lobe
Which part of the brain is responsible for storing information in long-term memory?
Hippocampus
The main inhibitory neurotransmitter
GABA
Creative writing/art
Right brain
What percentage of our body's energy does our brain use?
25%
Which lobe is responsible for auditory stimuli, memory, and emotion?
Temporal lobe
Which part of the brain is the emotional center and responsible for regulating pour perceptions of aggression and fear?
Amygdala
An excitatory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
Imagination
Right brain
What is the difference between structural and functional MRIs?
Structural MRI: photograph
Functional MRI: video
Which lobe is responsible for the motor component of speech?
Frontal lobe
Which area of the brain is responsible for understanding language?
Wernicke's area
Triggers action potentials in muscle fibers
Acetylcholine
Verbal
Left brain
What is our human advantage that makes us smarter than other species?
We have the largest number of neurons in the cerebral cortex