2.04 Adjustments affect particular Brain Areas – Final Quiz

What can be a problem that causes your brain’s map not be 100% accurate?

What senses make up your inner brain schema?

What is an example of an Executive function?

What does the Denmark study show happened to the prefrontal cortex after chiropractic care?

The prefrontal cortex has been called the conductor of the brain.

Mental rotation helps us to do what?

A change in prefrontal cortex function could explain previous chiropractic studies’ results of changes in sensorimotor integration.

The prefrontal cortex is heavily involved in sensorimotor integration but not multimodal integration.

What can chronic stress do to the body?

The prefrontal cortex is important for emotional control and our mental health.

Suppressed prefrontal cortex function has been linked to higher levels of inflammation and autoimmune disorders.

Being able to plan and think in a flexible manner is not a part of prefrontal cortex function.

The prefrontal cortex does NOT influence the immune system.

When the prefrontal cortex is suppressed, parasympathetic activity is increased within the body.

The Cerebellum is important for cognitive functions such as being able to pay attention to a task, or for language as well as in regulating fear and pleasure responses.

Studies using transcranial magnetic brain stimulation show that chiropractic adjustments help with what?

If your cerebellum doesn’t function properly, what symptoms might you have.

In regards to cerebellar function, what did a chiropractic study in Auckland show?

Spinal adjustments do NOT appear to change the way the cerebellum processes sensory information.

Spinal adjustments change how the cerebellum talks to the movement centers of the brain.