An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind
What is Structuralism
100
Gustav Fritsch and Eduard Hitzig experimented with a dog's cortex and made an important discovery...
What is the motor cortex
100
Association areas are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, speaking, remembering, and ...
What is Thinking
100
We think of speaking and reading, or writing and reading, or singing and speaking as merely different examples of ...
What is language
100
Unlike cut skin, these do not usually regenerate
What are neurons
200
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occuring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation.
What isNaturalistic Observation
200
Otfrid Foerster and ... were able to map the motor cortex in hundreds of wide-awake patients
Who is Wilder Penfield
200
Unlike the ....association area functions cannot be neatly mapped.
What is the sensory and motor areas
200
This is an impaired use of language and can result from damage to any one of several cortical areas.
What is Aphasia
200
Our brains are most plastic when we are...
What is young children
300
A theory that claimed bumps on the skull could reveal our mental abilities and our character traits
What is Phrenology
300
Scientists who predicted a monkey's arm motion a tenth of a second before it moved were opening the door for this product.
What is Prosthetics (Artificial Body Part Replacements)
300
In the frontal lobe, they enable judgement, planning, and ...
What is processing of new memories
300
He reported that after damage to a specific area of the frontal lobe a person would struggle to speak words while still being able to sing familiar songs and comprehend speech.
Who is Paul Broca
300
Plasticity is especially evident after ...
What is serious damage
400
The oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull.
What is Brainstem
400
This body part uses the most of the motor cortex.
What is the tongue
400
In the Occipital lobe they enable us to see what we are...
What is visualizing
400
Damage to this area disrupts understanding of words
What is Wernicke's area
400
Humans generate new brain cells through
What is neurogenesis
500
Controls language expression - an area, ususally in the left frontal lobe, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
What is Broca's Area
500
The area at the front of the parietal lobes, parallel to and just behind the motor cortex.
What is the sensory cortex
500
A railroad worker with frontal lobe damage.
Who is Phineas Gage
500
This third brain area is involved in reading aloud.
What is Angular Gyrus
500
The brain's plasticity is good news for those who are ...