Parts of the Brain
This lobe processes visual information and helps you interpret what you see.
What is the occipital lobe?
This brain area helps you understand spoken and written language.
What is Wernicke’s area?
This term refers to the body’s 24-hour internal biological clock.
What is circadian rhythm?
This sleep disorder involves difficulty falling or staying asleep.
What is insomnia?
Lack of sleep often causes this emotional effect.
What is irritability (or mood swings)?
This lobe is responsible for decision-making, impulse control, and personality.
What is the frontal lobe?
This brain area controls speech production and the ability to form words.
What is Broca’s area?
This hormone increases in darkness and helps signal that it is time to sleep.
What is melatonin?
This sleep disorder causes sudden and uncontrollable daytime sleep attacks.
What is narcolepsy?
This mental ability is often reduced when someone is sleep deprived.
What is concentration (or focus)?
This part of the brain helps coordinate balance, posture, and motor movement.
What is the cerebellum?
This structure plays a major role in forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This stage of sleep is associated with vivid dreams and memory consolidation.
What is REM sleep?
This disorder involves repeated interruptions in breathing during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
Sleep deprivation can negatively affect this brain function related to learning.
What is memory?
This lobe processes sensory information like touch, temperature, and pain.
What is the parietal lobe?
This part of the brain is strongly involved in emotional responses, especially fear and anxiety.
What is the amygdala?
This part of the brain helps regulate sleep, hunger, body temperature, and circadian rhythms.
What is the hypothalamus?
This condition can cause low oxygen levels, frequent awakenings, and daytime fatigue.
What is sleep apnea?
Too much screen time before bed interferes with sleep because it reduces production of this hormone.
What is melatonin?
This structure connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls basic life functions like breathing and heart rate.
What is the brain stem?
This structure acts as a sensory relay station, directing information to the correct areas of the brain.
What is the thalamus?
This process strengthens memories and learning during sleep, especially during REM sleep.
What is memory consolidation?
This term describes the negative physical, emotional, and cognitive effects of not getting enough sleep.
What is sleep deprivation?
Name ONE strategy that helps improve sleep quality and explain why it works.
Answers may include: consistent sleep schedule, limiting screen time, relaxing bedtime routine, dark/quiet environment, avoiding caffeine; explanation must connect to brain/body rest.