2. What is the relationship between selective attention and learning?
Selective attention allows you to increase memory and allows you to select what is important. When learning, you select what is important to remember and how to use it.
3. What is the last part of your brain to develop and what can you do to prevent it from deteriorating?
The frontal is the last part to develop and you can prevent deterioration by being more active and connecting ideas that you learn to bigger ideas.
4. What does the neo cortex do?
4. What does the neo cortex do?
It helps guide you by controlling motor skills.
5. What is the role of the pre frontal cortex?
It controls your personality and how you act in social situations.
It controls your personality and how you act in social situations.
6. What do we know about the pre frontal cortex’s
relationship with multitasking?
It helps manage what is important and prioritizes one action over another.
It helps manage what is important and prioritizes one action over another.
7. Which part of the brain is associated with
speech and language development? Give an
interesting fact about this region.
The Broca's area helps with speech development. A person is still able to produce speech even when this area is damaged as functions shift to other parts.
The Broca's area helps with speech development. A person is still able to produce speech even when this area is damaged as functions shift to other parts.
8. Which part of your brain is responsible for
thinking the following: “Is it hot in here or is it just me?”
The Somatosensory cortex helps sense if the temperature is too cold or hot.
9. What does your visual cortex do for you?
The Somatosensory cortex helps sense if the temperature is too cold or hot.
9. What does your visual cortex do for you?
It helps differentiate color and identifies faces.
10. State three interesting or significant facts
about your occipital lobe.
It is the visual processing part of your brain. It allows you process long term and short term memories. You can exercise this part by using your imagination.
It is the visual processing part of your brain. It allows you process long term and short term memories. You can exercise this part by using your imagination.
11. What would happen if your temporal lobes were
damaged?
You will have trouble recalling things from memory.
You will have trouble recalling things from memory.
12. What is your “fast brain” and what does it do?
The fast brain is the motor cortex and helps control the senses
The fast brain is the motor cortex and helps control the senses
13. State 3 things that you could do that would
influence your synapses, and have a
positive affect on your life and health.
You can exercise and have a healthy diet as well as becoming an active learner
You can exercise and have a healthy diet as well as becoming an active learner
14.What is the relationship between multi-sensory
or multi-modal learning and your dendrites?
Multiple types of stimulation will help you learn things faster by engaging multiple parts of your brain
Multiple types of stimulation will help you learn things faster by engaging multiple parts of your brain
15.How does “big picture thinking” and mnemonics
affect dendrites and/or learning?
It helps by connecting ideas together and using your brain in different ways b actively learning
It helps by connecting ideas together and using your brain in different ways b actively learning
16. Describe a neurotransmitter
that you feel is very important. Justify
your reasoning.
I feel that dopamine is an important neurotransmitter because it helps you become motivated to do things and learn things.
I feel that dopamine is an important neurotransmitter because it helps you become motivated to do things and learn things.
17.What does the corpus callosum do?
it connects the two hemispheres. It controls oral skills and language and deals with handwriting as well as the movement of the eyes.
18. What is the relationship between music and the corpus callosum?
it connects the two hemispheres. It controls oral skills and language and deals with handwriting as well as the movement of the eyes.
The corpus collosum is strengthened through music as it strengthens communication between the two brains
19.Why is the thalamus
important?
The thalamus controls motor control and sensory imformation.
Relate and Review
In this activity I learned about the different parts of the brain. The simulation showed the relative areas that the parts covered and how they all fit together. The frontal lobe covered a large portion of the brain and it was interesting to learn how to keep the frontal lobe healthy with active learning. The neo cortex is a part of the brain that controls motor functions. The different neurotransmitters were also interesting to learn about and how each affected the brain and their function in everyday life. Healthy diets and exercise also help with dendrite health. The corpus collosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain and actually serves to help understand language and can be strengthened by practicing music.
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