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Association Cortex: Associating words with images.
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Broca's Area: Organization of speech.
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Cerebellum: Movement, higher order thinking, memory, impulse control.
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Cerebral cortex: Primary processing area, sensory cortex, temporal, parietal, occipital motor cortex, association cortex, Broca's area, Wernicke's area.
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Corpus Callosum: Connects the two hemispheres.
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EEG: Electrodes on the head detect brain activity.
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Forebrain: Thalamus, hypothalamus, surrachiasmatic nuclei, cerebral cortex.
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Glial Cells: Holds neurons together and aids communication.
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Hindbrain: Medulla, reticular formation, cerebellum, locus coerulus.
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Hypothalamus: Hunger, thirst, sex drive, surrachiasmatic nuclei, striatum, limbic system.
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Lateralization: Each hemisphere excels at a particular function or skill.
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Left Hemisphere: Language, logical, movement/sensory info right side.
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Limbic System: Amygdala: emotions and Hippocampus: memories.
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Locus Coeruleus: Attention
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Medulla: Autonomic functions.
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Motor Cortex: Voluntary movement.
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MRI: Radio frequency provides high resolution.
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Nerve Growth Factor: Promote survival of neurons.
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Occipital: Vision.
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Parietal: Touch.
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PET: Radioactive material pinpoints cell activity.
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Plasticity: Ability to create new synapses and change the strength of old synapses.
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Reticular formation: Altering activity. (Waking up, sleeping, comas, etc.)
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Right Hemisphere: Nonspoken language, spatial, movements/sensory info of left side.
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Sensory Cortex: Recieves info from the senses.
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Stem Cells: Cells capable of forming new tissues.
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Striatum: Smooth motion
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Surrachiasmatic Nuclei: Circadian Rhythm
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Synapse: Area where neurons connect.
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Temporal: Hearing.
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Thalamus: Relays signals from the body to the brain.
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TMS: Disrupts function of specific brain regions using magnetic fields.
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Wernicke's Area: Interpretation of speech.