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Where is the major part of the somatosensory cortex located

It is located just behind the central sulcus in the parietal lobe of the brain.

What is the name given to the valleys on the surface of the cerebral cortex

sulci

Where is the energy for the neuron produced

In the Soma

What are the four major parts of the hindbrain

the upper brain stem, the medulla, the pons, and the cerebellum

When signals come into the soma from the many dendrites they are added together When the sum of these signals reaches a critical point a signal is fired down the axon When it reaches the end of th

threshold

What part of the brain helps to regulate drives such as hunger and thirst and also plays an important role in emotions

The short answer: the Hypothalamus.

In detail:

  • Hunger: Satiety and feeding centers are present in hypothalamus.
  • Thirst: Osmoreceptors in anterior hypothalamus.
  • Emotions: Mamillary nuclei below posterior hypothalamus which are also a part of limbic system in mammilothalamic tract.

Other than this, Hypothalamus has following functions:

  • Regulates body temperature
  • Regulates activity of anterior pituitary gland
  • Controls circadian rhythmControls sleep-waking cycle
  • Integrates control of cardiovascular system
  • Integrates control of Autonomic Nervous System (Hypothalamus is also called as head ganglion of ANS)
The autonomic nervous system includes which of these major components

The peripheral nervous system includes which of these major components?

A: somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system

Which gland helps regulate metabolism and can lead to weight gain if it is too low

thyroid gland

What are the four main components of the forebrain

cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system

What is the thick fiber network called that the cerebral hemispheres communicate with

corpus callosum

Why was the accident involving Phineas Gage important to research scientists

the incident showed that a severe trauma such as a steel rod going through a steel rod going through a persons frontal cortex dould lead to behavior change

What theory was advanced to explain why researchers discovered that there were a number of centers that dealt with language in the left cerebral hemisphere and not the right

The theory of lateralization was developed to explain this phenomenon. The fields of brain study are always changing as scientists and psychologists learn more and more about how the brain functions.

What might be the result if a persons temporal lobe was damaged

the person might have difficulty understanding what he or she is hearing or with storing and retrieving memories associated with the senses.

You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population Which sampling process would provide the most r

a stratified random sample

Which of these best describes why it is so important to have a representative sample

To generalize results from the sample population to the target population.

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition

Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition?

alzheimers disease

What method of studying the brain involves the insertion of radioactive glucose (sugar) into a vein

PET-Positron Emission Tomography

What gland is represented by letter B

pituitary gland

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