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What characteristic make our brain unique?

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Out large cerebrum

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What are 3 characteristics that are unique to humans?

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  • advanced brain
  • advanced language
  • tool making
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Cerebrum

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Makes complex decisions

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Cerebellum

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Controls posture and balance

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Brainstem

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Receives information

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Corpus collosum

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Connects the left and the right side of the brain

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Sensory neuron

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Neurons carried to the spinal chord based upon senses

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Motor neuron

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The action carried out to the muscles

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CNS (brain and spinal cord)

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Controls actions and reasoning

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What is the role of neurotransmitters in nerve signal transmissions?

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To carry the neurons rom one nerve to the other

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What do neurologists study?

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The brain

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What are societies?

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When individuals depend on each other for certain tasks

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Cultural evolution

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How cultures develop overtime

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Colonies

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A group of organisms that as individuals are independent, but work together

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Life cycles

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The stages an organism goes through during a life time