The Brain

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Across
  1. 3. lobe responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain
  2. 6. neurons that become active when we perform an action and when we observe someone else carrying out the same action. helps us imitate and learn new behaviors and actions. also activated in empathy (the ability to identify with another person’s feelings and experiences)
  3. 7. railroad foreman that had a spike go through part of his front lobe which resulted in changes in his behavior and personality. This sparked the belief that damage to specific parts of the brain might induce specific mental changes.
  4. 8. hormone and neurotransmitter that is the “bonding chemical”. Released during pregnancy, parenthood, sexual activity, social bonding, trust, and sometimes reduces stress reactions
  5. 10. lobe responsible for higher mental functions, sense of self, emotional regulation, planning, reasoning and problem solving
  6. 11. sleep chemical. Used to regulate sleep and is synced with daylight and nighttime, more melatonin is released at night.
  7. 12. regulates hormonal activity and behavior,
  8. 13. lobe responsible for visual processing, interpret depth, distance, location and the identity of seen objects.
  9. 17. hemisphere involved in analysis, breaking down into parts and sequentially. language (speaking, writing, and understanding) math skills, sense of time
  10. 18. fear and emotion processing center, fight or flight response located here
  11. 19. connects spinal cord to brain
  12. 20. an emotional overreaction to stress. It is the activation of the amygdala’s fight or flight response when there is no actual threat or stressor. This results in irrational and unreasonable responses and behavior
Down
  1. 1. lobe responsible for hearing, recognizing language, and forming memories.
  2. 2. the production of new brain cells and neurons
  3. 4. the capacity of our brains to change in response to experiences
  4. 5. memory center of the brain, important for learning new things and making new neural connections
  5. 9. hemisphere involved in holistically taking in information all at once and simultaneously. patterns, faces, and music recognition. doing puzzles or drawing. helps in expressing and detecting emotions that others are feeling
  6. 14. coordinates our sensations with responses from our muscles, enabling most of our voluntary movements.
  7. 15. connects left and right hemispheres
  8. 16. relays sensory information to cerebral cortex