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The fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body's ultimate control and information-processing center |
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| cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect nuerons; theymay also plau a role in learning an thinking |
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| portion of hte cerebral cortex lyring just behind the forehead; involve in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgemnets |
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| portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position |
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| portion of hte cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; includes areas that receive information of the visual fields |
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| portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears; includes the auditory areas, each receiving info primarily from the opposite ear. |
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| an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements |
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| area at the frontof the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations |
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| areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor orsensory functions; rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking |
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| the brain's ability to change, especially during childhoof, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience |
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| the formation of ne neurons |
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| the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |
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| a condition resulting form surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres by cutting the fibers connecting them |
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