Transcript Mind and Brain

MIND AND BRAIN
Kimberly Skeens
ATE 628
ANATOMY OF A BRAIN
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Three main parts
Base, Brain stem, Medulla
 Cerebellum, limbic system
 Cerebrum, Cerebral Cortex
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ANATOMY OF A BRAIN
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Base, Brain Stem, Medulla
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Controls autonomic functions
Respiration
 Circulation
 Digestion
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ANATOMY OF A BRAIN
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Cerebellum, limbic system
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Coordinates movement
Limbic System
Emotional behavior
 Long-term memory
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ANATOMY OF A BRAIN
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Cerebral Cortex
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Two Hemispheres
Left Brain controls Right side
 Right Brain controls Left side
 Left Brain – Logical Thinking
 Right Brain – Creativity and Artistic Ability
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Sections
Frontal lobe – Motor and Speech (Pink)
 Occipital lobe – Sight (Green)
 Parietal lobe – Sensation and Perception (Yellow)
 Temporal lobe – Hearing, Memory, and Emotion(Blue)
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NEURONS
Camillo Golgi’s method of staining Neurons with
Silver salts
 Unique structures throughout brain
 Low frequency transmission of electrical
impulses
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EXERCISE – MEDITATION
Put down you pen and notebook
 Close your eyes
 Take a deep breath and release, again
 Breath, Heart, blood, kidney, stomach, signals
that occur without your conscious effort
 What about blinking your eyes?
 How many times have you told your heart to
keep beating?
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NEW STUDIES ON THE BRAIN AND
GENDER
Famous book – Men are from Mars and Women
are from Venus
 Darwin supposed that since female brains were
smaller, therefore they learned less
 Also, Harvard President, Lawrence Summers,
suggested that the reason there were fewer
women in Science was because of their brain size
 Women have been found to have more brain cells
in the temporal lobe which is associated with
Language and Comprehension
 Medications and treatments may become gender
specific
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EXERCISE – BALANCE
Stand up
 Make sure you have a friend or chair to grab if
needed
 Stand on one foot for as long as possible
 The older you get, the shorter the time
 Great exercise for increasing your balance,
practice in a doorway or other stable place
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NEW NEURAL PATHWAYS CAN BE BUILT
Neurons do die off
 BUT, you can exercise your brain to build new
ones
 Brain Age for Nintendo DS
 Tetris and other programs
 Learning Styles Brain Program from my website
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HANDOUT FOR BRAIN EXERCISE
HAVE A GREAT EVENING!
REFERENCES
Pictures from Microsoft Image Library and
David’s Science Stuff
(http://davidsciencestuff.tripod.com/id1.html)
 Cahill, Larry. "His Brain, Her Brain." Scientific
American 25 April 2005: 40-47.
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