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
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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?