Integrative Functions of the Brain

What does an electroencephalogram (EEG) do and what can it be useful in?

sleep cycles

What is cognition?

The range of mental processes by which we acquire and use knowledge 

What is the primary sensory cortex?

Sites where sensory input is first received and one becomes conscious of the stimulus

Adjacent to these are _______ areas where the sensory input is interpreted

association

The special senses are limited to the head: What are these senses?

Vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, smell

The general (somatosensory, somesthetic, or somatic) senses are distributed over the entire body and include what?

simple receptors

The ____ cells of the precentral gyrus are called upper motor neurons

pyramidal

The basal nuclei and cerebellum are other important muscle control areas.  What do basal nuclei determine?

What is the cerebellum important for? Basal nuclei determine our intensional movements. Cerebellum is important for muscle control