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| frontal lobe | The most frontally located part of the brain, responsible for judgment, planning, problem solving, and creativity. |
| temporal lobe | The underside of the brain located underneath the other lobes and is responsible for hearing, memory, meaning, and language. |
| parietal lobe | The lobe located between the frontal lobe and the occipital lobe. It is responsible for higher sensory and language functions. |
| occipital lobes | The lowest part of the brain, located at the base of the neck, responsible for vision. |
| plasticity | The flexible way the brain changes with experiences or damage. |
| neuron | A nerve cell that is either in the brain or in the central nervous system. Each cell has an axon, a cell body, and multiple dendrites. |
| axon | A piece of the neuron that sends electrical signals to other neurons and dendrites. Most neurons have only one axon. |
| synapse | The communication point between two neurons. It is a gap |
| neurotransmitter | The chemical messenger or fluid that facilitates the crossing of a synapse. This exchange of information (electrical and chemical transmission) repeats over and over through every cell and synapse within the brain. |
| neural pruning | The “use it or lose it” principle of the brain. Those neural connections that are reinforced or activated regularly through experiences get stronger and remain. |
