Brain Assignment

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As you explore, answer the following questions.

1. What is Broca's Area?
2. What abilities do mirror neurons give a person?
3. Which part of the cortex is responsible for initiating skeletal muscle movement?
4. Which part of the cortex is responsible for interpreting sensations coming from the body?
5. Which lobe of the brain processes visual information?


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6. What does the "RAS" do?
7. What's the function of the basal ganglia?
8. What's the main neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia?
9. Whats types of mental disorders stem from problems in the basal ganglia?
10. Create an analogy for the function of the Thalamus.
11. What activity seems to improve the connections in the corpus callosum?
12. What's the fear center of the brain?
13. What's the function of the hippocampus?

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