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Flashcards by Sarah Baldwin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Baldwin
almost 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Broca's Area | controls speech; if you break a talking doll then it won't talk anymore |
| Parietal Lobe | controls sense of touch; imagine a parent touching her child's forehead to see if she has a fever |
| Hypothalamus | controls hunger and thirst; imagine a hypochondriac thinking that they are hungry or thirsty when they are not |
| Cerebral Cortex | controls judgement; imagine you and your friend fighting over a box of cereal, so you go to cereal court in front of a judge |
| Amygdala | controls aggression and fear; imagine Armageddon in the Bible (the last battle between good and evil); battles have lots of aggression and fear |
| Frontal Lobe (frontal association area) | impulse control; imagine a student in the lunch line losing patience and cutting to the front of the line (losing control of his impulses) |
| Left Hemisphere | controls language; "left" and "language" both start with "L" |
| Corpus Callosum | connects the two hemispheres; imagine a tiny corpse lying across the two hemispheres |
| Temporal Lobe | controls hearing; in God's temple, you have to listen |
| Hippocampus | controls memory; imagine a hippo wearing an elephant costume because it helps his memory |
| Reticular Activating System (RAS) | controls arousal and alertness; when a student falls asleep in class, the teacher blows a raspberry at the student and wakes them up |
| Pons | sends information to other parts of the brain, coordinates movement, facial expression, and causes REM sleep and dreams; if you use a coupon, you smile because you save money and then you sleep better that night |
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