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THE BRAIN BOOK
BY JACKIE DROZDA (PERIOD 6)
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FRONTAL LOBE
Function: personality/emotions, intelligence, attention/concentration, judgement, problem solving, Speech
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PARIETAL LOBE
Function: Process and interprets sensory information (pain taste, vision, hearing, touch, temp.) interprets language
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OCCIPITAL LOBE
Function: Vision
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TEMPORAL LOBE
Understanding language (Wernicke’s area), memory, hearing, organization.
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VISUAL CORTEX
Processes visual information from senses; allowing us to recognize faces and objects
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AUDITORY CORTEX
Processes auditory information
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MOTOR CORTEX
Controls voluntary movement; left side of brain controls righ side of body
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SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
Receives and processes information for the senses; homunculus
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CEREBRUM (LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERE)
Thoughts and actions
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CEREBELLUM
Coordinates muscle movement, maintain posture, and balance
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HOMUNCULUS
Processes motor functions, or sensory functions, for different parts of the body
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BROCA’S AREA
Speech production
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WERNICKE’S AREA
Language development
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THALAMUS
Relay station for almost all information that comes and goes to the cortex
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BRAIN STEM-MEDULLA
Controls life support functions like breathing and heartbeat
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BRAIN STEM-PONS
Coordinates movement
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BRAIN STEM-MIDBRAIN
Involved in the functions of vision, hearing, eye and body movements
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AMYGDALA
Responsible for fear, anger, aggression, and survival instincts
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HYPOTHALAMUS
Regulates hunger, thirst, sleep, body temp., blood press., emotions, secretes hormones
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PINEAL GLAND
Helps regulate the body’s internal clock and circadian rhythms by secreting melatonin
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CORPUS CALLOSUM
Allows information to pass from left to right and vice versa
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5 FUN FACTS
Average brain weighs 3lbs.(Piedmont healthcare
)
Made up of 75% water (ph)
There is no evidence that a larger brain makes you smarter (ph)
Average number of thoughts a person has each day is 70000 (ph)
Every time you recall a memory or have a new thought, you create a connection in the brain (ph)
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