Across
- 2. Processes explicit memories
- 8. Neurochemical messages that are sent between neurons across the synapse to communicate information
- 12. Lobe Has the visual cortex that processes information coming from the optic
- 14. Development of new neurons
- 15. Level of stimulation needed (more excitatory than inhibitory messages being received) for a neuron to then “decide” to fire and pass on a message
- 16. Cells Cells in the brain that support the work of the neurons, create myelin sheath, and play some role in communication as well
- 17. had their corpus callosum cut, taking out the bridge between hemispheres
Down
- 1. Fact that a neuron either reaches threshold and fires OR it does not reach threshold and does not fire
- 3. Ability of the brain to change (rewire its neural connections) in response to experience, learning, and sometimes to recover from types of brain damage
- 4. Basic cell of the nervous system
- 5. Chemical communication system that consists of a network of glands that release hormones into the bloodstream
- 6. System of brain parts that relate to emotion, drives, etc.
- 7. Chemical messages that are released by glands into the bloodstream
- 8. Selection Evolutionary principle stating that traits that are adaptive for survival or reproduction will become more plentiful in the population as they are passed on through genetics to succeeding generations
- 9. “Little brain”; controls or affects a ton of functions like balance and coordination of movement and processing implicit/procedural memories
- 10. Brain Research that was done on people with epilepsy to help their seizures
- 11. Contains the somatosensory cortex that processes the sense of touch from your body (pain, pressure, temperature)
- 13. Neuroscience Research that tries to discover the neurological (brain) aspects that relate to any part of our cognitive (mental/conscious) experiences