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    that not everyone knows about. Now, in alphabetical order, for example, the first is amygdala it is an almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside cerebral hemisphere, this is involved with emotions. Auditory text, is where the brain processes information that is received from hearing. Broca’s area, a section in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere which is usually on the left of the hominid brain with functions linked to speech production. Cerebellum, the part of the brain that is in the back

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    As humans, we all utilize the organ known as the brain to keep ourselves alive. The brain must be working in optimal condition to ensure our survival and the continuation of our species. Not only is this vital organ necessary to sustain life, it also is used to perform common everyday tasks as well as more complex ones. Similar to all organs, the brain is made up of many different components. The three main sections are the cerebrum, the brain stem, and the cerebellum (New Book of Knowledge, 364)

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    basic parts and two hemispheres: The forebrain, the midbrain and the hindbrain, the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere. The two hemispheres are then connected by the corpus callosum. the cerebrum is covered by a thin layer of gray tissue called the cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex is in turn divided into four lobes: frontal lobes, parietal lobes, temporal lobes, and occipital lobes. The cerebrum or telencephalon. The four different lobes located within the cerebral cortex have individual

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    PRECENTRAL GYRUS G = CENTRAL SULCUS H = FRONTAL LOBE I = LATERAL SULCUS J = TEMPORAL LOBE K = PONS L = MEDULLA IN WHICH OF THE CEREBRAL LOBES ARE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOUND? AUDITORY CORTEX TEMPORAL LOBE IN WHICH OF THE CEREBRAL LOBES ARE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOUND? PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX FRONTAL LOBE IN WHICH OF THE CEREBRAL LOBES ARE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOUND? PRIMARY SENSORY CORTEX PARIETAL LOBE IN WHICH OF THE

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    Both the Cerebral and Cerebellar cortex are symmetrical and divided into right and left hemispheres. The superficial layer of the hemisphere has the gray matter and is a few millimeters in thickness; whereas the interior hemisphere is made partly of white matter with nuclei of gray matter in the Cerebellar cortex. The Gray matter has the bodies of nerve and glial cells

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    nerves sells that serve as a sentinel or guard to the Brain is the Reticular Formation. Long tracts of fibers that run from the Reticular formation give information to the Thalamus, which channels sensory information to the appropriate area of the Cerebral Cortex."Damage to the cerebellum interrupts the flow of otherwise smooth movement causing it to appear uncoordinated and jerky." (Zimbardo, and Richard 73) Attached to the base of the skull at the bottom of the Brain Stem is the Cerebellum, coordinating

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    Research: The Brain The brain is known as a spongy organ made up of nerve and supportive tissues. It is located on top of the head and protected by the skull. Beneath, the brain is linked/connected to the spinal cord whereby they’re considered to be the major control network for the body’s functions and abilities to do work. Both the brain and spinal cord comprises the body’s Central Nervous System (CNS) and empowers conscious communication with the body and also helps perform vital operations such

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    The cerebrum also known as the cerebral cortex is the largest part of the human brain. It is associated with brain function such as thought and action. four sections make up the cerebral cortex, called "lobes": the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe. The Occipital Lobe is associated with the visual process. This region receives input from the retina. The mind is than able to interpret color and other vision aspects. It is located at the rear portion of the skull, behind

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    Using Chimeric Faces to Understand the Lateralisation of Emotion Report by: Tin-Kai Yeh Student ID: 4414697 Lab 130 (Demonstrator: Victoria Alogna) 30th April, 2015 Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate which hemisphere is specialised for the perception of emotion. It was hypothesised that participants will judge chimeric faces with smile presented in the left visual field as happier more often than chimeric faces with the smile presented in the right visual field

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