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The part of the frontal lobe just behind the forehead that is responsible for executive processing | prefrontal cortex |
Skills that skills enable us to consciously control and organize our thought processes. | executive processing |
The process of creating connections (synapses) between neurons. | synaptogenesis |
Chemicals that accomplish the transmission of signals from one neuron to another at synapses. | neurotransmitters |
The process of eliminating unused synapses. | pruning |
The ability of the brain to change in response to experience, throughout the lifespan. | plasticity |
The process by which an insulating layer of a substance called myelin is added to neurons. | mylination |
The part of the brain that regulates attention. | reticular formation |
The ability to focus cognitive activity on the important elements of a problem or situation | selective attention |
Parts of the brain where sensory, motor, and intellectual functions are linked | association areas |
A brain structure that is involved in the transfer of information to long-term memory. | hippocampus |
The structure that connects the right and left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex. | corpus callosum |
The process through which brain functions are divided between the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex. | lateralization |
The tendency to rely primarily on the right or the left hand | handedness |
The pattern and rate of growth exhibited by a child over time. | growth curve |
One of several ‘soft spots’ in the skull that are present at birth but disappear when the bones of the skull grow together | fontanel |
The process of hardening by which soft tissue becomes bone. | ossification |
A measure of physical maturation based on x-ray examination of bones, typically the wrist and hand bones | bone age |
The capacity to sustain motor activity. | stamina |
The growth and change in ability to perform both gross motor skills (such as walking or throwing) and fine motor skills (such as drawing or writing). | motor development |
Glands (including the adrenals, the thyroid, the pituitary, the testes, and the ovaries) that secrete hormones governing overall physical growth and sexual maturing. | endocrine glands |
Provides the trigger for release of hormones from other glands; thus, it is sometimes called the master gland. | pituitary gland |
The series of hormonal and physical changes at adolescence that bring about sexual maturity. | puberty |
Hormones secreted by the pituitary gland at the beginning of puberty that stimulate the development of glands in the testes and ovaries, which then begin to secrete testosterone or estrogen. | gonadotrophic hormones |
Onset of menstruation. | menarche |
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