Human Brain Study Guide.

Rachel Reese.
Human Brain Study Guide

Module 6
Cerebral Cortex: outer layer or gray matter, of the two cerebral hemispheres. (Higher brain functions)
Neuron: brain cells that send information to other cells.
Synapse: A gap between two neurons that’s allows the transition of messages.
Frontal Lobes: arousal, inhibition, memory, attention, stress and reasoning are all a part of the frontal lobes functions.
Temporal Lobes: memory, auditory, information and emotional reactions.
Parietal Lobes: aspects of memory and visual processing.
Occipital Lobes: special working memory and visual processing.
Cerebellum: certain verbal and visual tasks, motor ordination and balance.
Myelin: a fatty substance that speeds the transmition.
Plasticity: brains ability to recognize itself by forming new neural connections.
Neurotransmitters: Chemical messengers in the nervous system.
Synaptic Pruning: weakening or degenerating.
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Hippocampus: in the cerebral hemisphere, shaped like a sea hoarse.
Amygdala: part of the limbic system, joining the temporal loab dealing with emotions of fear and aggression.
Reticular Activating System: part of the brain stem, with connections to the cerebral cortex that controls the activity of the central nervous system.
Broca’s Area: linked to speech production, if this part of your brain gets injured you might loose speech.
Wernicke’s Area: two parts of the cerebral cortex, words with the understanding the written and spoken language.
Corpus Callosum: tow halves of the cerebrum.
Prefrontal Cortex:  part of the frontal lobe, it is highly developed in humans. It works with complex cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning
Specialization: to peruse a specific line of work, interest or in any subject.
Lateralization: specialization of the brain, is located in the left hemisphere/ visual and spatial relations, right hemisphere/ other functions. 
Long-term Potentiation: long response of nerve cells stimulation to the synapse, relates to long-term memory.
RAD Teaching: R: Reticular Activating System (RAS) A: Amygdala D: Dopamine.
Whole Brain Teaching: there are many different parts of the brain, as a whole it all functions together and things run smoothly.