Brain & Memory

What are neurons?

• The pathways that connect the cells in your brain.
• Tiny cells in the brain that send messages to your body.
• The fluid in your brain.
• Brain scientists

What are the tiny pathways called that connect brain cells?

• neurons
• synapses
• dendrites
• branches

True or False. Information the brain receives stays there forever.

• True
• False

True or False. Your brain stores bits and pieces of a task in various parts of the brain, but the brain retrieves it as one memory.

• True
• False

What are mnemonic devices?

• machines that monitor brain activity
• a tool used to measure a person's brain compacity
• A machine used on patients to heal the brain.
• Memory techniques

Short term memory can only hold information for how long?

• 30 minutes
• One day
• 20-30 seconds
• There is no time limit.

Fill in the blank. 
An effective technique to use when studying is _____________________.

• to space your study time into several days
• repetition
• to break tasks down into smaller chunks
• All of the above

Fill in the blank.
Information we know is stored in our ____

• short term memory
• long term memory