PPT-Left Brain / Right Brain:

Entering the Debate on Cerebral Asymmetry Paul Greenberg 2015 Anoka Ramsey Community College The Left vs Right Controversy No the other controversy httpcercoroxfordjournalsorgcontent119868full. The brain enables the mind. When we’re thinking about our brains and how they work we’re thinking WITH our brains! . Ways we Study the Brain. Accidents. Lesions. EEG. CAT . Scan. PET Scan. MRI. Functional MRI. Entering the Debate on Cerebral Asymmetry. Paul Greenberg, 2015. Anoka Ramsey Community College. The Left vs. Right Controversy. No, the other controversy.. http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/9/868.full. One Brain or Two?. Gazzaniga, M. S. (1967). Get into your group!. Group1:Lori, Liza, Alyssa, Erin, Baylee. Group2: Alicia, . Kalyee. , Spencer, William, Travis. Group 3: Katrina, Holley, Hallie, Landon, Kayla. What are the parts of the hindbrain?. What is the reticular formation?. Parts of the forebrain?. Parts of the limbic system?. Lobes of the cerebral cortex? . What is the sensory cortex? Motor cortex?. Chris Rorden. Overview of course. Motivation and Significance of Topic. Basic terms and anatomy. 2. Brain function. Brain functions are both distributed and modular. . Modular: focal injury can lead to specific impairment. . Team 2. Stephen, Josh, Anna. . & Kristian. Introduction. Our brain is divided into two halves, as most of us know: the left and right side. Each side processes information very differently than the other, and . Dominant brain and dumb brain. SPLIT-BRAIN RESEARCH. Split-brain surgery. : when the corpus callosum is cut to reduce severity of epileptic seizures. Has shown that right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and vice versa. Chapter 3. Nervous System. The Brain. Heredity. The Nervous System. Nerve cells communicate and send messages throughout body. 100 BILLION. Neurotransmitters – chemicals. Acetylcholine – Muscle contractions/control. Older Brain Structures. The. Brainstem. . is. . the oldest part of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells and enters the skull. It is responsible for automatic survival functions.. 2. Brainstem. IT IS THE PART OF US THAT CONTROLS EVERY THOUGHT, ACTION, AND FEELING. THE LOWER BRAIN. Lies deep inside the skull with the cerebral cortex fitting over and around it.. The lower brain is the part that regulates the basic functions such as breathing. Dr. Ines Segert. Jake . Womick. Syllabus Website: . faculty.missouri.edu/segerti/2210. Text. Bob Garrett, Brain & Behavior, 4. th. Ed.. Good introduction to material. Course Overview. Exploration of how brain activity underlies cognitive, emotional, and social behaviors . Studying language helps us learn about:. The brain regions responsible for . language. What goes wrong in language . disorders. Language is located in the left hemisphere of the . brain. How do we know this?. Injury. and . other. . anomalies. Phineas. . Gage. In 1848, a twenty-five-year-old construction foreman named . Phineas. Gage won nationwide fame by way of a hole in his head. While working on a railroad project in Vermont, he experienced a severe brain injury when a three-foot-long, fourteen pound tamping iron was violently propelled through his skull. . Neuroscience. How does our brain organize and communicate with itself?. How does our brain allow us to remember the lyrics to dozens of our favorite songs?. How do we remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we heard about 9/11? .