Temporal lobe
The part of the brain in the side of our heads, involved in encoding of memory and processing of sound.
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Definition: Ugly sisters
Ugly sisters
Items that are incorrectly related and keep popping up into our awareness when trying to recall the proper one.
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Definition: TOT phenomenon
Tip of the tongue phenomenon
When having difficulties remembering a known word.
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Anterior regions of the left temporal lobe
Definition: Mental time travel
Mental time travel
The activity of imagining yourself or something in a different
time.
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Definition: Frontal lobe
Frontal lobe
The front part of the brain, has important roles in many high level executive functions ( thoughts, attention…).
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Definition: Semantic processing
Semantic processing
Processing that enables us to understand the meaning of sounds, movements, images and more.
Deep processing.
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Lower left frontal cortex
Left parahippocampus
Definition: Broca’s area
Broca’s area
An area important in the production of speech.
When damaged, the individual will have a harder time creating proper sentences and expressing what they want to.
A.K.A. Left prefrontal cortex
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Definition: Left parietal lobe
Left parietal lobe
The part of the brain on the top left of our heads, important in receiving of sensory information and assembling it together.
It also helps us in knowing where our body parts are for smoother movements.
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Working memory
Definition: Prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal cortex
The part of our brain right behind our eyes, regulates actions, thoughts and behaviour.
It has strong connections with the amygdala. It is shut down by it when the amygdala is activated although, it can regulate the amygdala and its emotional responses.
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Definition: Left inferior frontal gyrus
Left inferior frontal gyrus
A region important in language comprehension and production.
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