What is the significance of the brain stem?
Phineas Gage

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It controls basic life functions such as breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure.
It is responsible for higher cognitive functions like thinking and reasoning.
It regulates the body's immune response and hormone production.
It serves as the primary site for memory storage and retrieval.
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What is the cerebellum responsible for?
Coordination, balance, and fine motor skills.
Memory and learning processes.
Emotional regulation and response.
Vision and auditory processing.
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What are Wholebrainers in the context of brain function?
Scientists who believe that all parts of the brain work together to control functions.
Researchers who focus solely on the left hemisphere of the brain.
Experts who study the brain's individual parts in isolation.
Professionals who advocate for the use of technology in brain research.
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What did Carl Wernicke discover about the brain?
An area in the brain that controls the ability to understand speech.
A region responsible for motor control and coordination.
A part of the brain that regulates emotions and memory.
An area that processes visual information.
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What is the function of the cerebral cortex?
It regulates heart rate and blood pressure.
It is involved in higher brain functions such as thought, memory, and voluntary movement.
It controls reflex actions and involuntary movements.
It is responsible for the production of hormones.
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What are the main parts of the brain?
Cerebellum, brain stem, corpus callosum, cerebral cortex
Thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus
Frontal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe
Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, spinal cord
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How did Phineas Gage's accident contribute to neuroscience?
It demonstrated the importance of the occipital lobe in vision.
It provided early evidence for the role of the frontal lobes in personality and behavior.
It showed that the brain has no role in behavior.
It confirmed that the cerebellum is responsible for emotional regulation.
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