Across
- 3. – Bundle of nerve fibres connecting the two hemispheres
- 5. – The tendency for each hemisphere to have specialised functions
- 7. – Involved in auditory processing and memory
- 9. – Responsible for visual processing
- 10. – Processes sound information
- 11. – Involved in decision-making, planning, personality and voluntary movement
- 13. – Maintains homeostasis and links the nervous system to the endocrine system
- 16. – Registers sensations such as touch and pressure
- 17. – Acts as the brain’s sensory relay station
- 18. – Regulates vital functions such as breathing and heart rate
Down
- 1. – Processes visual stimuli from the retina
- 2. – Typically dominant for spatial awareness and creativity
- 4. – Coordinates balance, posture and fine motor movement
- 6. – Controls voluntary skeletal muscle movement
- 8. – Typically dominant for language and logical processing
- 12. – Processes sensory information such as touch, temperature and pain
- 14. – Involved in the formation of new long-term memories
- 15. – Plays a key role in emotional processing, especially fear
