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BRAIN STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS

A Review of

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The Brain

  • Place the following methods of studying the brain into one of two categories:
  • EEG
  • CT Scan
  • MRI
  • Lesion
  • PET Scan
  • fMRI

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The Brain�ANSWER

FUNCTION

  • EEG
  • Lesion
  • PET Scan
  • fMRI

STRUCTURE

  • CT Scan
  • MRI

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The Brain

  • This method of studying the brain uses magnets to create a 3D image of the brain.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • MRI

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The Brain

  • This method of studying the brain records the brain electrical activity to show which area is functioning.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • EEG

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The Brain

  • This method of studying the brain uses radioactive glucose to study which area of the brain is working the hardest on certain tasks.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • PET Scan

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The Brain

  • Purposely destroying a portion of an animal’s brain to find out about its function.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Lesion

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The Brain

  • Person whose case study informed scientists that perhaps our personality and behavior were tied to our frontal lobes of the brain.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Phineas Gage

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The Brain

  • Study of the bumps on a person’s skull that was thought to reveal what the different areas of the brain did. Found to be unscientific but did lead to the idea of localization.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Phrenology

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The Brain

  • When JFK was shot he was killed immediately due to this part of his brain being destroyed which governs over automatic functions like heartbeat and breathing.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Medulla

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The Brain

  • This serves as the brain’s post office delivering incoming sensory information to the portions of the brain that can best make sense of it.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Thalamus

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The Brain

  • Everytime you walk or ride a bike smoothly you are successfully using this part of your brain.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Cerebellum

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The Brain

  • When you’re being overly emotional, then you must be using this part of your brain that is control of emotions.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Limbic System

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The Brain

  • When one area of this was stimulated a wolverine cowered in the corner of its cage seemingly scared of nothing. When another area of this was stimulated the wolverine acted ferociously attacking anything in site.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Amygdala

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The Brain

  • In order to fit the cerebral cortex in our skulls it has to be…

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • wrinkled

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The Brain

  • This is the outer layer of the brain that performs our higher level thinking skills and separates us from the other animals.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Cerebral Cortex

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The Brain

  • This is the pleasure center of the brain that rewards us for doing the things we need to keep our species alive.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Hypothalamus

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The Brain

  • Name the Lobes of the Brain

1.

2.

3.

4.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  1. Frontal Lobe
  2. Parietal Lobe
  3. Occipital Lobe
  4. Temporal Lobe

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The Brain

  • The fact that you are viewing this PowerPoint right now is evidence that this area of the cerebral cortex is working.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Occipital Lobe

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The Brain

  • Listening to your I-Pod means that you are using this area of your brain to hear it.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Temporal Lobe

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The Brain

  • Any time you sense someone touching your shoulder it is registered in this lobe of the brain.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Parietal Lobe

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The Brain

  • Many people believe the reason adolescents make poor decisions is because this area of the brain designated for planning and judgment is not yet fully developed.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Frontal Lobe

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The Brain

  • The 4 F’s of the Hypothalamus are:

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Food
  • Fight
  • Flight
  • Fornication

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The Brain

  • Put the following steps of reading out loud in order:
  • A. Broca’s Area produces the speech and sends it to the motor cortex
  • B. The visual cortex in the occipital lobe registers the words you see on the page.
  • C. Wernicke’s Area makes sense of what you just read.
  • D. Angular Gyrus coverts visual cues into auditory sounds.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • B-D-C-A

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The Brain

  • The term that describes the belief that different areas of the brain have different functions.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Localization

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The Brain

  • The term for the different halves of the brain having different abilities.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Laterization

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The Brain

  • Motor cortex is organized according to how

a body part is.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Complex

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The Brain

Sensory cortex is organized according to how

a body part is.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Sensitive

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The Brain

  • Any type of damage to your language abilities is known as…

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Aphasia

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The Brain

  • The fact that other parts of the brain will pick up the function of an injured area shows the idea of is at work.

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The Brain�ANSWER

  • Plasticity