The Brain
Cards (195)
- What is the study of the brain called?
- According to the text, what is the brain the seat of?
- Where do our decisions originate and where do the processes that lead to our feelings and memories take place?
- According to the text, what is the mind?
- What does the Greek word "psyche" mean?
- Why are neuropsychologists interested in the brain?
- What is observed when changes occur to the brain?
- What does the determinist view claim about the brain and the mind?
- What does the text say about reducing all mental states to brain states?
- What does the text say about our investigation into the brain?
- Approximately how much does the human brain weigh?
- What percentage of a human's body weight does the brain make up?
- Approximately how many nerve cells (neurons) does the brain contain?
- What are the nerve cells in the brain referred to as?
- What are the nerve fibers (axons and dendrites) referred to as?
- What are the connections between neurons called?
- How has brain imaging technology revolutionised the study of the brain?
- Why is brain surgery often performed while the patient is awake?
- What does the CNS stand for?
- What two parts make up the Central Nervous System?
- What are creatures with a CNS known as?
- Which category includes humans, reptiles, birds, and fish?
- What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
- What type of nerves carry information back to the brain as sensations?
- What type of nerves carry messages from the brain to muscles and glands?
- What are the two halves of the brain called?
- What is the "bridge" of nerve fibers linking the two hemispheres called?
- What is the function of the corpus callosum?
- Which classic study featured the corpus callosum?
- What is it called when different sides of the brain have different functions?
- Which side of the body does the left hemisphere primarily control?
- Which side of the body does the right hemisphere primarily control?
- Where is the brain's language center located?
- What functions does the left hemisphere seem to specialize in?
- What functions is the right hemisphere associated with?
- Which hemisphere do left-handed people use to control their writing hand?
- Who experimented on patients who had undergone brain surgery that separated their brain hemispheres?
- What is the complex outer layer of the human brain called?
- What are the four most important areas of the cortex called?
- How many lobes are there in total in the human brain?