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Let's explore Cognitive Neuroscience

Discover how the brain shapes the mind, from memory and perception to language, emotion and behaviour, through the concepts, people and research that have shaped cognitive neuroscience.

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01

Brain Divisions

6 questions · ~8 min · Beginner

Frontal lobeParietal lobeTemporal lobeOccipital lobeCerebellumBrainstem
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02

Cortical Areas

5 questions · ~8 min · Intermediate

Motor cortexSomatosensory cortexBroca's areaWernicke's area
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03

Sub-cortical Structures

6 questions · ~9 min · Intermediate

AmygdalaThalamusHypothalamusBasal gangliaCorpus callosum
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04

The Thalamus

8 questions · ~12 min · Advanced

Thalamic nucleiSensory relayThalamocortical loopsConsciousnessThalamic amnesia
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05

The Basal Ganglia

9 questions · ~14 min · Advanced

StriatumDirect & indirect pathwaysDopamineParkinson's diseaseHuntington's diseaseReward
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06

The Insula

8 questions · ~12 min · Advanced

InteroceptionAnterior insulaPainDisgustEmpathyCraving
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07

The Corpus Callosum

8 questions · ~11 min · Intermediate

Split-brainHemispheric lateralisationSperryGazzanigaCallosotomy
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08

The Limbic System

9 questions · ~13 min · Intermediate

Papez circuitMacLeanAmygdalaCingulate cortexKlüver-Bucy syndromeReward
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09

Brain Anatomy & Function

10 questions · ~12 min · Beginner

AmygdalaCerebellumBasal ganglia
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10

Brain Imaging Techniques

10 questions · ~12 min · Beginner

EEGfMRIMRIMEGERPTMS
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11

Neural Plasticity

6 questions · ~10 min · Advanced

Synaptic plasticityLTPNeurogenesis
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SubjectsCognitive Neuroscience
Brain Structure & OrganisationThe Cerebral CortexSubcortical StructuresThe ThalamusThe Basal GangliaThe InsulaThe Corpus CallosumThe Limbic SystemBrain Imaging TechniquesNeural PlasticityThe AmygdalaKey Brain FunctionsHippocampusWorking MemoryPrefrontal CortexExecutive FunctionsAttention