Following a stroke, Linda is seeing a physical therapist to address ongoing problems with coordination and balance. The stroke most likely affected Linda’s

Seventeen-year-old Benny’s parents are concerned by Benny’s sleep behavior, which often involves talking loudly, kicking, and punching while they are dreaming. Recently, Benny broke their toe when they kicked the wall during a dream about playing soccer. Benny may be experiencing

The motor cortex is an arch-shaped region

A brain scan can detect increased activity in the left or right hemisphere through increased brain waves, _____, and glucose consumption.

The _____ is a two-way information highway that is part of the _____.

To treat Ammar’s brain tumor, their surgeon removed a significant amount of tissue from one of their temporal lobes. Ammar is most likely to experience some loss of

A patient who had a stroke was unable to use one arm optimally. The hand that could be used optimally was restrained, and they were asked to clean tables using the arm that they could not use optimally. Slowly, the arm that could not be used optimally recovered its skills. This best illustrates the value of

Although phrenology was a wrongheaded theory, it did highlight the presumed functions of

A brief resting pause that occurs after a neuron has fired is called

The inability to recognize familiar faces even though you would still be able to describe facial features and recognize their feminine or masculine features is associated with damage to the right _____ lobe.