FCFC 275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Prefrontal Cortex, Autism Spectrum, Synaptic Pruning
19 Dec 2017
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Humans use only 10% of their brain [false], the truth is we use all parts of our brain and the brain is active most of the time a. ii. What we think has little to do with our body function, the truth is what affects the brain affects the body and vice-versa b. The brain is divided into two hemispheres c. i. 1. c. i. 2. The right side of the brains controls left, and vice versa. The language appears largely on the left side, as least for right-handed people, but humor and emotion are processed in the right hemisphere c. ii. The corpus collasum a single band of axons that connects the left and right hemispheres: developmental processes, neurons communicate through neurotransmitters, messages are sent by a neuron through the axon and are received by the dendrites c. The ability of the brain to repair itself e. Infant has more synapses than an adult, but many disappear through synaptic pruning. f.
