The Brain and Neuropsychology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• agnosia : an inability to interpret sensations and thus to recognise objects and colours
• prosopagnosia : 'face-blindness' or an inability to recognise faces
• visualagnosia : an inability to recognise things that can be seen
• fusiformfacearea : prosopagnosia can be caused by damage to a part of the brain near the back of the temporal lobe, next to the occipital lobe, known as the...
• prefrontalcortex : the area that helps us to control impulses. damage or low activity in this area is associated with aggression and higher risk of engagement in crime
• neuron : a nerve cell that transmits information
• neurotransmitter : chemicals found within the nervous system that pass messages from one neuron to another across the synapse
• synapse : a gap between two neurons that allows neurotransmitters to pass from one to another
• axon : the long structure that connects the cell body of a neuron to the terminal button
• receptor : special sites on neurons that are designed to absorb neurotransmitter molecules