8-10% OF THE AP EXAM AN INTRO TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOR Biological Bases of Behavior
The Brain Is there anything you do in a 24 hour period, which is not related to operations in your brain? Pinky and The Brain eature=em-share_video_user eature=em-share_video_user Intro to Biopsychology = Allan Jones TED the_brain the_brain
Key Structures of the Brain Make 4 Column's Titled: Structure, Location, Function, Damage Wernicke’s Area Temporal/parietal lobe (left side) Center for understanding language Damage = may result in losing ability to understand speech or parts of it. Ex: may be able to understand nouns and verbs, but not prepositions. Broca’s Area Frontal lobe (left side) Center for expressing language Damage = loss of speech or inability to say what is intended
Key Structures, con’t Thalamus Forebrain Sends sensory and motor messages to other parts of brain Damage = may result in sensory experiences not being sent to other areas of brain to be recorded as memories Cerebellum Hindbrain Controls walking, balance, coordination Damage = ability to walk smoothly or coordinate sight with action
Key Structures, con’t Auditory Cortex Temporal lobe Center for hearing Damage = sensations from ear recv’d by brain but may not be interpreted “perceptive deafness” Primary visual cortex Occipital lobe Reconstruct visual images Damage = signals sent from eye may not be coded into recognizable images
Key Structures, con’t Hypothalamus Between thalamus and pituitary gland Regulates emotions, hunger & thirst Damage = may result in eating disorders (either over-eating or under-eating) Pituitary gland Beneath hypothalamus Controls body’s endocrine system Damage = may affect growth, metabolism and sex drive
Key Structures, Con’t Pons “The Bridge” Brain Stem Connects upper and lower parts of the brain. Relays messages from the cortex and the cerebellum. Also plays key role in sleeping & dreaming damage = messages would not be able to be transmitted
Key Structures, con’t Cerebral Cortex Forebrain Center for info processing, rational thought, decision making Damage = reasoning abilities may be altered = may react more emotionally Medulla Hindbrain Regulates vital involuntary functions like breathing & blood flow Damage = severe damage could result in death =VF5PyeMG8Lo =VF5PyeMG8Lo
About The Brain Videos/Resources Parts of the brain Genes To Cognition 3 D Brain The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology ddiction/activities/lesson1_brainparts.htm