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Action Potential
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a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down on axon. The potential is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon's membrane.
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Amygdala
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two lima bean sixed neural clusters that are compents of the limbic system and are linked to emotion
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Broca's area
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controls language expression- an area of the frontal lobe, usually in teh left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements in speech
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Corpus callosum
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the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
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EEG
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an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep acreoss the brain's surface.
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