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In 1849, Phineas was strong enough to return to work During his recovery, friends and family noted that he was “no longer Phineas” Before: capable, efficient, best foreman, well- balanced mind After: extravagant, anti- social, liar, grossly profane First patient from whom we learned something about the relation between personality and the function of the front parts of the brain https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=FrULrWRlGBA
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Frontal Lobe - Personality - Reasoning & Judgement - Voluntary movement - Speech production Temporal Lobe - Speech interpretation & hearing - Memory Parietal Lobe - Sensory Cortex Occipital Lobe - Processes visual information
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Cerebellum - Coordinates voluntary movements - Maintain posture and balance - Automatic survival functions Pons - Regulates breathing - Passes signals between brain and spinal cord Medulla Oblongata - Controls heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, vomiting, and coughing - Connects brain to spinal cord
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Nervous System Central Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System Somatic Nervous System (voluntary) Autonomic Nervous System (involuntary) Sympathetic Nervous System Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Sympathetic Nervous System - “Fight or Flight” response - Prepares body for action or stress - Increase blood flow, airway is enlarged, quicker thinking Parasympathetic Nervous System - Calms body and helps conserve energy - Lowers blood pressure and heart rate - Active when body is relaxed.
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