WorksheetsBrain and its Functions
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 31mins
The organ of the body in the head that controls functions, movements, sensations, and thoughts.
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Part of the brain that controls important COGNITIVE SKILLS in humans, such as emotional expression, problem solving, memory, language, judgment, and sexual behavior.
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“CONTROL PANEL” of our personality and our ability to communicate.
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Responsible for PRIMARY MOTOR FUNCTION, or our ability to consciously move our muscles.
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Contains an area known as the PRIMARY SENSORY AREA where impulses from the skin are interpreted.
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Also an essential element of SPATIAL INFORMATION, which gives us the ability to judge size, distance, and shapes.
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Specific triangular-shaped area known as the ___ ___ ___ gives us the ability to understand written language and solve mathematical problems.
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In charge processing SENSORY information.
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Important for hearing, recognizing language, and forming memories.
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The temporal lobe contains the ___ ___ ___, that receives auditory information from the ears and processes the information.
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The temporal lobe make sense of complex visual information including faces and scenes.
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Temporal lobe contains the (a) , a region of the brain important for memory, learning and emotions.
Major visual processing centre in the
brain.
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Also known as V1, receives visual information from the eyes. This information is relayed to several secondary visual processing areas, which interpret depth, distance, location and the identity of seen objects.
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Side of the brain that performs tasks that have to do with LOGIC, such as in science and mathematics.
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Side of the brain that is responsible for controlling the right side of the body.
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Side of the brain that performs tasks that have do with CREATIVITY and the ARTS.
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Side of the brain that coordinates the left side of the body.
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An essential steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands that helps regulate metabolism, blood pressure, and the body's stress response.
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CORTISOL is also known as (a)
A hormone and neurotransmitter that functions in the body as a stress response, often called the "fight or flight" hormone. It increases heart rate and blood pressure, prepares the body for action, and plays a role in attention, focus, and memory.
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Capacity to establish and maintain one’s balance and well-being in the face of adversity.
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The capacity to adjust to changes necessary for one’s survival and balance.
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Proponent for Split Brain Theory.
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Proponent for Triune Brain Theory.
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Responsible for language, planning, abstraction, reasoning, and perception.
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Neocortex is also know as (a)
Functions as motivation and emotion.
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Limbic system is also known as (a)
That controls self-preservation, aggressive behavior, survival/animal instincts.
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Reptilian Complex is also known as (a)
