boost definitions Flashcards
Growth Mindset
Belief that one can grow and learn with hard work
Fixed Mindset
Belief that basic qualities, like intelligence or talent, are traits that cannot be changed
Neuroscientist
works to understand the functions, structures, and development of the brain
Cerebrum
The largest part of the brain. Divided into four lobes: frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal.
Cerebellum
Located under the cerebrum. Its function is to coordinate muscle movements, maintain posture, and balance.
Brain Stem
Acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It performs many automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, wake and sleep cycles, digestion, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing.
Frontal Lobe
Controls personality, behavior, emotions, judgment, planning, problem solving, speech, speaking and writing, body movement, intelligence, concentration, and self awareness.
Parietal Lobe
Interprets language, words, sense of touch, pain, temperature; Interprets signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory and memory; controls spatial and visual perception
Occipital Lobe
Interprets vision
Temporal Lobe
Understands language and hearing, holds memories
EEG (electro-encephalograph)
A recording of electrical signals from the brain. Electrodes, hooked up to the subject’s scalp, pick up electric signals produced by the brain and send them to pens, which trace the signals onto paper.
MRI and fMRI
A moveable bed that is inserted into a giant circular magnet. Images of sections of the brain are obtained through the use of the main magnetic field while the magnetic force is being applied. fMRI shows the area of the brain active during certain behaviors by showing increased blood flow.
PET Scan
The subject is injected with a very small quantity of radioactive glucose. The PET then scans the absorption of the glucose. The glucose absorption shows the activity level of that area of the brain.
