Cognitive Neuroscience ch 2 summary

Cognitive Neuroscience ch 2 summary aggregate field theory - answerThe idea that cerebral functions are distributed throughout the brain that functions as a whole. axon - answerA long, tubular pathway that transmits electrical impulses from the cell body (soma) to other cells. See Neuron. cell body - answerPart of a neuron in which nutrients and waste products are filtered in and out through its permeable cell wall. central nervous system - answerThe portion of the neurological system which consists of the brain and spinal cord. cerebral commissurotomy - answerThe surgical severing of the connective tissue between the two hemispheres of the brain and has been used in split-brain research. cerebral cortex - answerThe top layer of the brain, involved in "higher-order" mental functions. cerebral hemispheres - answerThe two major components of the brain. The left hemisphere is generally involved in language and symbolic processing, and the right is generally involved in non-verbal perceptual processing