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The Brain
86 BILLION neurons!!!
Particular regions have particular function
Cerebellum
Coordinated movement
Damage results in herky-jerky movement
Can be overridden by frontal cortex
Brain StemVision, eye movement, body movement
Vital body functions (breathing, heart rate)
Sensory Analysis
Cerebral Cortex (hemispheres)
Left and Right
Broken into different sections
Each with specific function
Temporal Lobe
Process sensory input into meaning for Visual memoriesLanguage comprehensionEmotional association
Left lobe (face recognition)
Right lobe (Pitch and sound)
Pareidolia
Bonnet
Arm Chest
Occipital Lobe
Visual stimulationand interpretation
Epilepsy
Occipital lobe seizures
Parietal Lobe
Somatosensory processing (touch)
Coordination of information from other parts of the brain
Navigation
Frontal LobeConscious thought
Personality
Motor function
Problem solving
Social interaction
Drunk Driving
Driving Tired
Phineas GageRailroad worker
Tamping charges
Tamping iron hit live charge
Shot through his skull and landed many yards away
Stayed standing!!
Phineas Gage
Frontal Lobotomy
Used to control mental patients
Scramble frontal lobe
Person becomes zombie, very easy to control
Corpus Callosum
Connects the 2 hemispheres
Left controls rightand Right controls left
Broca’s Area
Control Speech
Damage results in failure to form words
Left Frontal Lobe
Wernicke’s Area
Left Temporal Lobe
Organize words in meaningful way
I say river, you say…
I say dog, you say…
Jokes
This next one’s gonna be good!
What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street?
What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street?
Gives a little brain wave!
What is a sleeping brain’s favorite musical group?
What is a sleeping brain’s favorite musical group?
REM