The Brain
Parts of the Brain
Sensation & Perception
Nerve Cells
The Mystery Bucket
100

The _____ hemisphere of the brain is superior to the ______ hemisphere in recognizing people's faces.

What is the right hemisphere?

100

Identify #1

What is the Cerebrum

100

The process of the brain receiving, processing, and reassembling millions of pieces of information.

What is perception?

100

Identify #1

What are dendrites?

100

During REM, we experience a sort of paralysis that prevents us from acting out our dreams, known as __.

What is paradoxical sleep?

200

This unfortunate man helped to spark modern interest in studying the physiology and biology of the brain.

Who was Phineas Gage?

200

Identify #2

What is the midbrain?

200

The process of taking in physical stimuli from the environment and changing it into electrical messages that can be interpreted & understood by the brain

What is transduction?

200

Identify #2

What is the cell body?

200

What is unique about the following nonsense phrase:

"umop apisdn" 

It is "upside down" spelled upside down

300

______ cross the synaptic gap between cells to communicate a message from one to the other

What are neurotransmitters?

300

Identify #3

What is the cerebellum?
300

Which Gestalt law is this image an example of?

What is the law of closure?

300

Identify #3

What is the Myelin Sheath?

300

This chill-looking device is used to measure brain waves

What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?

400

Split-brain patients have had their ________ surgically cut

What is the corpus callosum?

400

Identify #4 

What is the Pons?

400

The place of transduction in the ear

What is the cochlea?

400

Identify #4

What is the Axon?

400

The external part of the ear that helps us to catch sound.

What is the pinna?

500

This area of the brain is responsible for understanding spoken language

What is Wernike's area?

500

Identify #5

What is the Medulla?

500

The place for transduction in the eye

What is the retina?

500

Identify #5

What are axon terminals?

500

This state has more coast line than any of the other lower 48 states. 

What is Minnesota?