brain function
Thinking and processing
Brain function refers to the various activities and processes carried out by the brain, including cognition, memory, perception, motor control, and regulation of bodily systems.
The term appears most often in medical and scientific contexts when discussing how the brain operates normally or how it may be impaired by injury, disease, or aging.
The stroke affected her brain function significantly.
Doctors monitored his brain function throughout the surgery.
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
- fight or flightThreat-triggered physiological state
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- short term memoryBrief information storage
- memoryMind's retention capacity
attention · mental clarity · problem-solving · fine motor skills · reasoning · consciousness · decision-making · nerve impulses · cerebral cortex · cognition · neurotransmission · neural networks · cerebellum · learning · stress response · thalamus · visual perception · creativity
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- Brain Medicinedementia, schizophrenia, epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
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- brain science historyBroca, Golgi, phrenology, Huxley, nerve impulse
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, cognition
- mental sharpnessmental agility, mental clarity, mental focus, acumen, sharp mind
brain functionbrain death
Complete cessation of neural function
cognitive dysfunction · cognitive impairment · mental incapacity · brain damage · coma
brain functionbodily function
Activity performed by living tissue
motor function · organ function · cardiovascular function · reflex · manual labor