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The mental functions that include processing and responding to complex external stimuli, recognizing related stimuli, processing internal stimuli, and planning appropriate responses to stimuli.

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Cognition

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Responsible for spatial awareness and attention.

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Parietal association cortex

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Responsible for recognizing stimuli , especially complex stimuli such as faces.

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Temporal association cortex

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Largest and most complex of the association cortices; responsible for the majority of cognitive functions that make up a persons “character or “personality.”

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Prefrontal cortex

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The ability to comprehend and produce words through speaking, writing, and /or singing, and to assign and recognize the symbolic meaning of a word correctly.

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Language

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When the Wernickes and Broca’s areas becomes readily apparent due to damage in one area, which results in a language deficit.

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Aphasia

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The inability to produce speech.

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Broca’s area

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The inability to understand language.

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Wernicke’s area

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The unequal distribution of cognitive functions in the right and left cerebral hemispheres.

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Cerebral lateralization

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The memory of things that are largely procedural or skill-based.

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Nondeclarative memory

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Memory that’s stored for a few seconds.

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Immediate memory

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stored for a few minutes and allows you to manipulate information with a general behavioral goal in mind.

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Short-term (working) memory

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Permanent form of storage for days, weeks, or even for your entire life.

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Long-term memory

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An increase in synaptic activity between associated neurons; the mechanism in which hippocampal neurons encode long-term declarative memories.

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Long-term potential (LTP)