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frontal lobes
The ____________ are associated with reasoning, planning, thinking and decision-making, voluntary action, and complex emotions.
parietal lobe
The ___________________ associated with movement, orientation, perception, and recognition
occipital lobe
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head
wernicke's area
the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
neuroplasticity
the ability of the brain to change throughout the course of life.
serotonin
affects prosocial behavior
CAT
works on the principle of differential absorption of X-rays.
Positron emission tomography (PET)
uses blood flow as the indicator of brain activity.
oxytocin
hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland; stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
pheromone
a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species
genotype
The set of traits as coded in an individual’s DNA
phenotype
what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
gene expression
conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
