How the Brain Works The Facts Visually Explained by DK (z-lib.org)

120 121 The short answer is, it is difficult. Traditional telltale signs of lying are shifting gaze to avoid eye contact, foldin ...

COMMUNICATION Morality Morality Most people living in normal environments develop instinctive senses of right and wrong. Moralit ...

COMMUNICATION Morality 122 123 Orbitofrontal prefrontal cortex Activated by watching morally charged scenes, this area processes ...

COMMUNICATION Learning a Language Learning a Language Unlike other species, humans have a brain with regions dedicated to langua ...

COMMUNICATION Learning a Language 124 125 The bilingual brain In the brain of a bilingual speaker, languages “compete” for atten ...

COMMUNICATION The Language Areas The Language Areas The human brain, unlike that of any other animal, has areas dedicated specif ...

COMMUNICATION The Language Areas 126 127 Aphasia Aphasia is a medical condition in which people are unable to comprehend or prod ...

COMMUNICATION Having a Conversation Facial expressions We constantly use facial expressions during conversation. As speakers, we ...

COMMUNICATION Having a Conversation 128 129 Having a Conversation A conversation is a shared endeavor between speaker and listen ...

COMMUNICATION Reading and Writing BIRT H (^) O NW AR D AG E (^5) AG E (^3) Reading and Writing Learning to read and writ ...

COMMUNICATION Reading and Writing 130 131 AG E (^1) (^3) + AG E (^1) (^1) + AG E (^5) AG E (^3) Dyslexia Dyslexia takes var ...

US_132-133_Memory_learning_and_thinking_Chapter_Opener.indd 132 20/09/2019 12:36 ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING US_132-133_Memory_learning_and_thinking_Chapter_Opener.indd 133 20/09/2019 12:36 ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING What Is Memory? Short-term memory Short-term memory is very limited—storing only around 5–9 items ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING What Is Memory? 134 135 Procedural Skills or abilities, such as riding a bike or dancing, are ter ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING How a Memory Forms How a Memory Forms When networks of neurons in the brain are repeatedly activa ...

136 MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING How a Memory Forms 137 Both neurons firing repeatedly at the same time causes a chemical casc ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING Storing Memories CO NS OLI DAT ION Storing Memories After being encoded by the hippocampus, memor ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING Storing Memories 138 139 CO NS OLI DAT ION CO RTE X HIP POC AM PU S V IS U A L SO M A TO SE N SO ...

MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING Recalling a Memory MEMORY, LEARNING, AND THINKING Recalling a Memory Recalling a memory is not th ...