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| what does the frontal lobe or the motor cortex do? |
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| what does the somatosensory do? |
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| knowing where you are and your surrondings |
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| what does the sensory cortex do? |
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| using senses ( knowing what is hot, sharp,etc.) |
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| what does visual cortex do? |
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| seeing something then knowing what it is |
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| what does the wernicke's do? |
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| understanding your language |
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| what does the auditory cortex do? |
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| hearing and understanding |
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| what does the limbic cortex do? |
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| emotions, learning, and memory |
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what does the olfactory cortex do? |
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| what does the broca's area do? |
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| what does the prefrontal area do? |
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| how many more time does a toddlers connections compared to a matured adult |
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| at what age does the fine tuning of a childs talents occur? |
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| what happens to the brain at the age five or six? |
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| brain reaches 10-95% of adult volume and 4x its birth size |
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| at what age does the re-writing take place in the frontal lobes? |
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| what does the cerebellum do? |
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| coordinates muscle movements balance and posture |
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| what does the brain stem do? |
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| what are the two parts of the diencephalon? |
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| what does the thalamus do? |
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| what does the hypothalmus do? |
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| hormone, controlling emotion |
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| what does the brain stem consist of? |
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midbrain pons medulla oblongata |
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| what does the pituitary gland control? |
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| growth, blood pressure, some aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, breast milk production, sex organ functions in both men and women, thyroid gland function, conversion of food into energy, water and osmolarity regulation |
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| what information does the hiipposcampus transfer? |
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| people, places, and things severe mental illnesses |
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