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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

How do you stop a bull from charging

Don't pug him in.

What are the four major parts of the hindbrain

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

What might be the result if a person's cerebellum was damaged

The person might have difficulty with overall coordination and lose their senses because this is one of the most important parts of your brain and with out senses you couldn't see, hear, touch, taste, or smell anything

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 method of studying the brain involves the use of radio waves to create detailed pictures of the body

MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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 formation occurs when large quantities of magma begin to push through mantle of the Earth and into layers of the crust

dome mountain

Which undersea volcanic has a flat peak

Guyot

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

PET-Positron Emission Tomography

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