Cognitive Brain Science

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Across
  1. 4. The Six Degrees of ______
  2. 5. Smallest meaningful unit of language
  3. 8. The brain of this animal has over 250 billion neurons
  4. 10. The "hills" of the brain
  5. 11. Not speech, but can be language in some cultures
  6. 12. A big part of rhythm processing?
  7. 13. Fun fact: we spend about 1/3 of our lives __________
  8. 14. Nature vs. _______
  9. 16. The "valleys" of the brain
  10. 17. Daniel Dennett warned of the dangers of _________ people with regards to AI
  11. 19. Brain structure heavily involved in memory
Down
  1. 1. Per Dr. Zuk - there is a positive relationship between ____ _____ organization in the brain and reading/music aptitude later in life
  2. 2. "Little brain"
  3. 3. Per Dr. Weera - "Misused drugs activate the mesolimbic __________ pathway"
  4. 6. 'E' of Professor Patel's "OPERA Hypothesis"
  5. 7. Title of an Oliver Sacks essay, also a guest speaker for class
  6. 9. Even if we're aware of it, the ________ Effect gets us every time
  7. 10. Type of brain cell, important in protecting neurons
  8. 15. Tristan Harris called phones a "_______ _______ in a billion pockets"
  9. 18. The Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) signal is detected in this type of MRI