Brain Bee Bootcamp | Lecture 5

All your senses except one pass through this "relay station" of the brain. Which sense skips the thalamus?

• Vision

• Smell

• Hearing

• Taste

Why are teenagers more likely to make impulsive decisions than adults?

• Their hippocampus is overactive

• Their prefrontal cortex is still maturing

• Their thalamus is underdeveloped

• Their limbic system is inactive

What part of the hippocampus is one of the rare spots in the brain where new neurons can grow, even in adults?

• Amygdala

• Dentate gyrus

• Subiculum

• Grid cells

When does melatonin, the "sleep hormone," spike in your body?

• In the morning

• During daylight

• At night

• During stressful situations

What part of the brain is the largest?

• Limbic system

• Amygdala

• Thalamus

• Cerebrum

The right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body, and vice versa. This is known as:

• Neural plasticity

• Brain lateralization

• Contralateral control

• Hemisphere dominance

Which famous physicist's brain was preserved and studied, revealing that he had an unusually large inferior parietal lobe?

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Stephen Hawking

The amygdala is named after the Greek word for what?

• Almond

• Berry

• Emotions

• ambition

Which ancient Greek physician believed that the brain was the source of human intelligence and not the heart, contrary to popular belief at the time?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Hippocrates

• Socrates

1. Which deep brain structure is responsible for the production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter critical for motivation and reward-seeking behavior?

• Thalamus

• Pons

• Medulla oblongata

• Substantia nigra