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