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| study of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the brain responsible for language processing and formulation |
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| Central Nervous System (CNS) |
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| Portion of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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| All elements of the nervous system outside of the skull and spinal cord |
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| Nerve cell;basic unit of the nervous system |
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| Miniscule space between the axon on one neuron and the dendrites of another |
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| Unit of neurons within the brain stem responsible for sensory integration and for inhibition or facilitation of sensory information |
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| Organ located in the higher brainstem that receives incoming sensory information, except smell and relays tis information to the appropriate portion of the brain for analysis |
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| Upper brain, consisting of the cortex and the subcortical structures |
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| Outermost gray layer of the brain, made up of neuron cell bodies |
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| Main transverse tract of neurons running between the two hemispheres of the brain |
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| Hill between two fissures, or sulci, on the surface, or cortex, of the brain |
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| A valley or depression (also called a sulcus), between two gyri on the surface, or cortex of the brain |
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| A valley or depression (also called a sulcus), between two gyri on the surface, or cortex of the brain |
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| Posterior portion of the frontal lobe responsible for sending nerve impulses to the muscles |
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| Area located in the auditory cortex of each hemisphere of the brain that receives incoming auditory signals from the inner ear |
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| Language-processing area of the brain, located in the left temporal lobe, responsible for organizing the underlying structure of outgoing messages and analyzing incoming linguistic information |
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| Association area of the brain, located in the posterior portion of the temporal lobe, responsible for linguistic processing, especially word recall |
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| Association area of the brain, located in the posterior portion of the temporal lobe, responsible for linguistic processing, especially of longer syntactic units such as sentences |
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| White, fibrous tract of mostly axons and dendrites underlying the angular gyrus in the brain. Language is organized in Wernicke's area and transmitted through the arcuate fasciculus to Broca's area |
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| Cortical area of the left frontal lobe of the brain responsible for detailing and coordinating the programming of speech movements |
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| Theoretical model of brain function that stresses methods employed in dealing with information |
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| Tendency for all living things to systemize or organize behaviors. Piagetian concept |
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