Psychology: The Brain

Wrinkled part of the brain’s surface where the body processes information

Speech that is jumbled and not understandable is a sign of:

If a head injury results in someone no longer being able to hear, which part of the brain may have been damaged?

Phineas Gage is one of the strange cases in the Psychology world because he survived with what missing?

The amygdala, the hypothalamus and the hippocampus are parts of the

What was Phineas Gage’s profession prior to the accident?

A person has difficulty speaking possible due to a stroke. It has affected what area of the brain?

Records the waves of electrical activity (studies seizures)

Known as the “Little Brain” and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements

Shows brain function by using a radioactive glucose solution (active neurons love glucose)

A blind person may have experienced damage to his or her:

Area of the brain that gives us the opportunity to learn and store complex abstract information.

Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors

How was Phineas Gage different when he healed from his wounds?

Damage to the medulla would most likely result in

Which of the following is the correct matching of brain lobe regions?

The four regions of the cerebral cortex are referred to as:

The large wrinkled outer part of the brain is called

This area controls breathing, heart rate, and reflexes

Possesses the Sensory Cortex

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of the brain for further processing

Hemisphere that is associated with Verbal and Mathematical abilities

Split brain operations are done to

The _____________ is a network of nerves that connect the spinal cord, cerebrum and cerebellum

The object that passed through Phineas Gage’s skull was