Brain Functions Worksheet



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Unit 3 Notes/ Study Guide

Brain Functions

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Techniques of studying the brain:

*Lesions or Abrasions: 1.

2.

*Electrodes or Chemical: 3.

4.

How do the parts of the brain communicate?

Neuron-

Central Nervous System:

Peripheral Nervous System:

Corpus Collosum -

External Brain Structures:

Cerebrum:

Includes:

1. Frontal Lobe:

Functions:

Motor Cortex -

Broca’s Area -

Prefrontal Cortex –

Olfactory Bulb (not in frontal lobe- sits underneath)-

2. Parietal Lobe:

Functions:

Somatosensory Cortex

3. Occipital Lobe:

Functions

Visual Cortex

.

4. Temporal Lobe:

Functions:

Auditory Cortex -

.

Wernicke’s Area –

Internal Brain Structures:

Medulla -

Pons -

Reticular Formation -

Thalamus -

Hypothalamus -

Amygdala -

Hippocampus –

Differences and Functions of…

Right hemisphere-

Left hemisphere-

Brain Damage:

Phineas Gage:

Lobotomies:

Plasticity-

Phantom Limb-

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