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Challange Your Brain

WHY THE BRAIN?

Question: What is Identifiability?

Answer: The ability to specify the correct combination of representations and processes used to accomplish a task.

Question: What is the goal of any theory of science?

Answer: To discover the facts of the matter and to understand the principles and causes that underline phenomena.

Question: True or False~
A theorist can make up properties of the brain to account for data?

Answer: FALSE

Question: True or False~
Facts about the brain can help us test the adequacy of a theory to let us know if it is valid or not?

Answer: True

Question: How do we know if a theory seems plausible?

Answer: If the theory explains all relevant phenomena and makes correct predictions; It must be testable and it must be capable of being disproved.

THE COGNITIVE BRAIN

Question: When does perception occur?

Answer: After our sense organs register a stimulus that is physically present and our brain allows us to organize the sensory input.

Question: When does mental imagery occur?

Answer: When you have similar experience of perception but it is based on information that is previously stored in your memory.

Question: True or False~
Pictures can be an example of a depictive representation.

Answer: True

Question: True or False?
We must emphasize that not all cognitive functions are carried out by a single brain area, but rather the systems of the brain areas work together to allow us to preform specific tasks.

Answer: True

Question: True or False~
Each brain area plays a role in some functions and not others

Answer: True

Neurons

Question: What is a neuron?

Answer: A neuron is a nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system.

Question: What is an action potential?

Answer: It is a part of the process that occurs during the firing of a neuron.

Question: True or False~
Neurons are responsible for communicating information in both chemical and electrical forms
Answer: True

Question: What are the crucial parts of a Neuron?

Answer: Dendrites, axon and cell body

Question: What is the difference between Sensory Neurons and Motor Neurons?

Answer: Sensory Neurons are activated by input from sensory organs and Motor Neurons stimulate muscles to cause movement.

Neuroimaging Methods

Question: This Nero-imaging method tracks stages of sleep

Answer: EEG~

Question: This Nero-imaging method detects activity in language areas as participants speak.

Answer: Positron emission tomography (PET)

Question: This Nero-imaging method shows the structure of the brain.

Answer: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Question: This Nero-imaging method shows the activity in brain areas, (same as Pet)

Answer: Functional Magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Question: This Nero-imaging method shows activity in brain areas (like PET or fMRI)

Answer: Optical Imaging

Brain Parts

Question:

What does the Corpus Collosum do?

Answer: It communicates between the two hemispheres of the brain

Question: This part of the brain controls maintenance functions such as eating; helps govern endocrine system; linked to emotion and reward
Answer:

hypothalamus

Question: This part of the brain coordinates voluntary movement and balance
Answer:

Cerebellum

Question: This part of the brain relays information between the cerebrum and the cerebellum, controls arousal and regulates respiration
Answer: PONS

Question: This part of the brain relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex
Answer: