chapter 1
Mapping the Brain
Mapping the Brain
• What are the first 2 ways of studying the
brain?
• Electrodes-Define
– How so they study the brain?
• Electroencephalogram- Define
– What is it compared to?
• Needle Electrodes- Define
• What is paradoxical about the brain?
Mapping the Brain (con’t)
• PET Scan (Positron Emission
Tomography)- Define
– How does it work?
– What does it allow researchers to “see?”
Mapping the Brain (con’t)
• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)Define
– Explain
– Functional MRI- Explain
Mapping the Brain (con’t)
• What is the word of caution?
A Tour Through the Brain
• Localization of Function-Define
– Who originated it?
The Brain Stem
• Brain Stem- Define
– 2 main structures?
• Name and Define
• Name and Define
– Reticular Activating System-Define
Cerebellum
• Cerebellum- Define
– What would happen if damaged?
– Why is it not as “lesser” as thought?
Thalamus
• Thalamus- Define
– Examples
– Which sense bypasses the thalamus?
– Olfactory Bulb- Define
Limbic System
Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Gland
• Hypothalamus- Define
• Pituitary Gland- Define
– Explain James Olds and Peter Milner
Experiment and its findings?
• Limbic System- Define
– Example Jobs?
Amygdala
• Amygdala- Define
– Example
Hippocampus
• Hippocampus- Define
– Jobs?
– H.M.- Explain story and findings– Consolidation- Define
Limbic System
Cerebrum
• Cerebrum- Define
• What has the cerebrum done for
humans?
• Cerebral Hemispheres- Define
• Corpus Collosum- Define
• Lateralization- Define
Cerebrum (con’t)
• The Cerebral Cortex- Define
– How thick?
– How many cells?
– Why wrinkles?
Cerebrum (con’t)
• Lobes of the Cortex
– 4 lobes per hemisphere
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Occipital Lobes- Explain
Parietal Lobes- Explain
Temporal Lobes- Explain
Frontal Lobes- Explain
Cerebrum (con’t)
• Association Cortex- Explain
• Prefrontal Cortex- Explain
– Size in rats, dogs, and humans?
– Explain Phinease Gage- Event, Changes,
What it means?
The Two Hemispheres of the
Brain
Split Brains: A House Divided
• Normal Brain?
• 1953? Explain Study and Finding
• 1960’s? Explain Surgery and Findings
– Explain the Experiment
The Two Hemispheres: Allies
or Opposites?
• Language
• Left side
• Left hemisphere dominance?
– Example
• Right hemisphere importance?