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ablation

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surgical removal of brain tissue

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axial plane

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horizontal plane

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basal ganglia

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subcortical structures of the cerebral hemispheres involved in voluntary movement

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brain stem

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the trunk of the brain comprised of the medulla, pons, midbrain, and diecrephalon

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callostomy

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surgical procedue that the corpos callosum is severed (epilepsy)

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case study

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thorough study fo a pateint with naturally occuring lesions

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cerebellum

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the distinctive structure at the back of the brain, small brain

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cerebral cortex

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the outtermost grey matter of the cerebrum =; mammalian brain

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cerebral hemispheres

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the cerebral cortex, underlying white matter, and subcorical structures.

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cerebrum

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usually referes to the cerebral cortex an associated with white matter, but in some texts includs the subcortical structies

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conrtalateral

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opposite side; two hemispheres of the brain. left side controls the right sid eof the body

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coronal plane

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a slice that runs from head to foot. eyes being the front of the loaf

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difiuse optical imaging (doi)

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measuring chnages in light as it is passed through the skull and surface of the brain

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electroencephalography

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a neuroimaging techinque that measures electrical brain activitu

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frontal love

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front part of the cerebrum, language, planning, judgement, and decison makinhg

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functional magnetic resonance imaging

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infers brain activuty by measuring chnage sin oxygen levels in the blood.

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grey matter

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outer greyish regions of the brian comproised of the neurons cell bodies

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gyri

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folds between the sulci in the cortex

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horizontal plane

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slice that runs horizontally through astanding person.

Question 20

lateralized

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to the side. left hemi is for language

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lesion

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brain damage

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limbic system

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amygdala and hippocampal formation, aversion and gratification

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metabolite

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necessary dor life

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myelin

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fattu tissue that is the insulator

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occipital lobe

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back part of the cerebrum, involved in vision

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parietal lobe

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in the midle of the lobes, body sensation,s visual attention, and senses

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phernokogy

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brain judgyness

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positron emmision tomography

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imaging that measures brain activity by finding radioactive substanc ein the brain that is injected into the bllod stream

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sagittal plane

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vertical cut

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somatosenory cortex

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body sensations, pareitak cortex

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spatal resoultion

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how small elements of an image are

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split brain patient

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a pateint who has tehir corpus collosum severed

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subcortical

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below the cerebral cortex but above the braiin stem

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sulcus

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a grove separtaing folds of the cortex

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temporal lobe

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cerebrum in from of the occipita loev and below the lateral fissue, involved in vsiion, auditrouy processing, memmory, and integradting vison and auditattoon

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temproal resolution

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how small a unit of time can be measuewd. how accyrately in a tme a process can be meaured in the brian

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trandverse planeq

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hoirizontal plane