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| 7590096368 | Left Hemisphere | Analytic thought, reasoning, logic, language, writing and number skills | 0 | |
| 7590096369 | Right Hemisphere | Art awareness, intuition, creativity, memory, imagination, insight, music awareness | 1 | |
| 7590100428 | CNS | Spinal cord and the brain | 2 | |
| 7590100429 | PNS | Nerves; sends signals to CNS | 3 | |
| 7590104481 | Hindbrain | At the base of the brain near the back of the skull; made up of the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls vital activities over which we have no conscious control: heart rate, breathing, sleeping, and reflex actions. | 4 | |
| 7590109641 | Midbrain | Sits on top of the brainstem under the cerebral hemispheres. It receives messages and sends them on to higher brain regions that deal with hearing, seeing, tasting and touching. It also receives replies that it directs to places such as the cerebellum. | 5 | |
| 7590109642 | Forebrain | The most highly developed and largest part of the brain. It plays a major role in how we think, feel and behave. | 6 | |
| 7590115091 | Corpus Callosum | Allows messages to be sent from one side to the other | 7 | |
| 7590118273 | Cerebrum | Largest part of the brain, separated into two hemispheres | 8 | |
| 7590118274 | Cerebellum | Perception of time and modulating emotions, non-verbal communication | 9 | |
| 7590122847 | Cerebral Cortex | outer layer of grey matter making up the superficial aspect of the cerebrum (squiggles) | 10 | |
| 7590125731 | Thalamus | Sensory station (except smell) | 11 | |
| 7590125732 | Hypothalamus | Controls pituitary gland and controls temperature | 12 | |
| 7590130294 | The Three Fissures | Longitudinal, Transverse and Lateral | 13 | |
| 7590130295 | Frontal lobe | Memory formation Emotions Decision making/reasoning Personality | 14 | |
| 7590134281 | Parietal lobe | Responsible for bodily sensations e.g. temperature and touch. Located deep to the parietal bone of the skull | 15 | |
| 7590139779 | Occipital lobe | Responsible for vision or seeing | 16 | |
| 7590139912 | Temporal lobe | Associated with speech and hearing Language comprehension Information retrieval - memories | 17 | |
| 7590153473 | What brain imaging techniques are there? | fMRI - measures oxygen and function PET scan - measures glucose MRI - measures body tissue for the detection of tumours EEG - measures brain waves CAT scan - x-ray | 18 | |
| 7590160830 | What are the benefits of exercise? | Exercise halves the risks of heart attacks and adds two years to life expectancy and makes us feel happier. Exercise strengthens the heart, increasing blood flow and lowering blood pressure and the blood pressure reaction to stress Exercise provides the mastery experiences that help promote perceived ability to cope with depression Exercise increases the production of mood-boosting neurotransmitters such as noradrenaline, serotonin and endorphins. | 19 | |
| 7590160831 | What are endorphins? | Morphine-like substance that boosts mood | 20 | |
| 7590168796 | What are the three classifications of drugs? Give examples. | Hallucinogen - marijuana Depressant - alcohol Stimulant - ecstacy | 21 | |
| 7590173836 | Psychological vs. Physiological response | One physical one mental | 22 | |
| 7590178285 | What is addiction? | A circuit | 23 | |
| 7590216744 | Somatic nervous system | regulates, monitors, processes and guides other nervous system activity | 24 | |
| 7590236328 | What is Broca's area and where is it located? | Frontal lobe. It controls facial neurons, speech, language comprehension. Broca's Aphasia - results in the ability to comprehend speech, but the decreased motor ability (or inability) to speak and form words. | 25 | |
| 7590243301 | What is Wernicke's area and where is it located? | Wernicke's area - language comprehension on the LEFT in the temporal and parietal lobes. Werknicke's Aphrasia - can speak but can't interpret info | 26 | |
| 7590249430 | What is the reticular formation and what is its role? | Pain signals from lower body reach cerebral cortex. Nerve fibres act to block the transmission of some pain signals to the brain. Assists in regulation of the sleep cycle and detecting sensory salience | 27 | |
| 7590258377 | Name three hindbrain structures and describe their purposes. | Medulla - automatically controls beating of heart, breathing Pons - helps coordinate other automatic functions and relays messages Cerebellum - Non-verbal communication, perception of time, regulation of emotions | 28 | |
| 7590258378 | Split brain study | Cut corpus callosum | 29 | |
| 7590261699 | Franz Gall | Phrenology | 30 | |
| 7590261700 | Phineas Gage | Rod through frontal lobe and cheekbone | 31 |
