Unit 1: The Brain (Vocabulary Review)

Unit 1: The Brain (Vocabulary Review)

by Ms. Phan

Multiple Choice

Part of brain’s cerebral cortex responsible for abstract thought, consciousness, imagination, higher-order thinking/executive function

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Neocortex

• Frontal Lobe

Multiple Choice

Front of the brain responsible for movement, language, executive functioning, involved in control of behaviour and emotions

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Neocortex

• Frontal Lobe

Multiple Choice

Inner part of the brain Involved in forming, storing, and process memories 

Important part in learning and memory

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Neocortex

• Frontal Lobe

Multiple Choice

What is a synpase?

• Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing, spatial recognition

• Front of the brain responsible for movement, language, executive functioning, involved in control of behaviour and emotions

• electrochemical signals between neurons

  The location where neurons send signals to each other

• Highly developed part of the frontal lobe that plays a role in the regulation of complex cognitive, emotional, and behavioural functioning

Multiple Choice

What is the prefrontal cortex?

• Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing, spatial recognition

• Front of the brain responsible for movement, language, executive functioning, involved in control of behaviour and emotions

• electrochemical signals between neurons

  The location where neurons send signals to each other

• Highly developed part of the frontal lobe that plays a role in the regulation of complex cognitive, emotional, and behavioural functioning

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What is neuroplasticity?

• Inner part of the brain where emotions are formed and stored, where our emotions come from, also known as the fear center

• Part of the brain responsible for visual perception (seeing)

• Part of the brain responsible for auditory processing, memory, language

• Neurons’ ability to form and strengthen new connections and neural pathways 

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What is the amygdala?

• Inner part of the brain where emotions are formed and stored, where our emotions come from, also known as the fear center

• Part of the brain responsible for visual perception (seeing)

• Part of the brain responsible for auditory processing, memory, language

• Neurons’ ability to form and strengthen new connections and neural pathways 

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What is the occipital lobe?

• Inner part of the brain where emotions are formed and stored, where our emotions come from, also known as the fear center

• Part of the brain responsible for visual perception (seeing)

• Part of the brain responsible for auditory processing, memory, language

• Neurons’ ability to form and strengthen new connections and neural pathways 

Multiple Choice

What is the temporal lobe?

• Part of the brain responsible for auditory processing, memory, language

• Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing, spatial recognition

• Inner part of the brain Involved in forming, storing, and process memories 

  Important part in learning and memory

• Front of the brain responsible for movement, language, executive functioning, involved in control of behaviour and emotions

Multiple Choice

What is the parietal lobe?

• Part of the brain responsible for auditory processing, memory, language

• Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing, spatial recognition

• Inner part of the brain Involved in forming, storing, and process memories 

  Important part in learning and memory

• Front of the brain responsible for movement, language, executive functioning, involved in control of behaviour and emotions