Biopsych crossword :)

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What is the area of the frontal lobe called which is responsible for speech production?
Brocas
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How many lobes are there in the brain?
Four
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Which lobe of the brain contains the visual area?
Occipital
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What type of neuron carries messages from the PNS to the CNS?
Sensory
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What is the fatty layer covering the axon called?
Myelinsheath
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What is the other nervous system called? not the CNS
Peripheral
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What is it called when undamaged areas of the brain perform functions that are transfered from damaged areas of the brain after damage through trauma?
Functionalrecovery
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What is it called when the brain changes and adapts?
Plasticity
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What psychologist carried out split brain research?
Sperry
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Whar scanning technique is used to measure brain activity when performing a task?
fMRI
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What effect do neurotransmitters have other than being inhibitory?
Excitatory
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What are neurotransmitters packaged in?
Vesicles
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The brain is divided into two what?
Hemispheres
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What lobe contains an auditory area?
Temporal
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What does damage to Broca's area cause?
Brocasaphasia
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What area is responsible for language comprehension?
Wernickes
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What part of the brain connects the two areas?
Corpuscallosum
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