1. 02- Biology of the brain

2. What makes you think?

3. Class presentation video: Biology of the Brain What topics do you need help with?

4. What topics do you need help with?
A. Neurons, dendrites, axons
B. Synapse
C. Neurotransmitters – e.g. Endorphins
D. Central and peripheral nervous system
E. I understand

5. What topics do you need help with?
A. Sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous system
B. Effects of a broken central nervous system
C. Scans – EEG, PET, & fMRI
D. Evolution of brain regions
E. I understand

6. What topics do you need help with?
A. Brain plasticity
B. Corpus callosum
C. Damage to right and left hemispheres
D. I understand

7. After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she has suffered damage to her:
A. amygdala.
B. angular gyrus.
C. cerebellum.
D. corpus callosum.
Answer: C

8. After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she has suffered damage to her:
A. amygdala.
B. angular gyrus.
C. cerebellum.
D. corpus callosum.
Answer: C

9. Following massive damage to his frontal lobes, Phineas Gage was most strikingly debilitated by:
A. irritability.
B. memory loss.
C. auditory hallucinations.
D. a reward deficiency syndrome.
Answer: A

10. Following massive damage to his frontal lobes, Phineas Gage was most strikingly debilitated by:
A. irritability.
B. memory loss.
C. auditory hallucinations.
D. a reward deficiency syndrome.
Answer: A

11. Antidepressants such as Prozac target which neurotransmitter?
A. serotonin
B. glutamate
C. GABA
D. acetylcholine
Answer: A

12. Antidepressants such as Prozac target which neurotransmitter?
A. serotonin
B. glutamate
C. GABA
D. acetylcholine
Answer: A

13. You are a neurologist in a large hospital
You are a neurologist in a large hospital. The wife of a construction worker visits you and describes that her husband has experienced a serious injury to his frontal lobe. She is perplexed by his behavior. Which of the following would you tell her is “normal behavior” for a person with frontal lobe damage?
A. not much decline in memory or intelligence
B. poor judgment
C. irritability and other personality changes
D. ALL of these are commonly seen in frontal lobe damage
Answer: D

14. You are a neurologist in a large hospital
You are a neurologist in a large hospital. The wife of a construction worker visits you and describes that her husband has experienced a serious injury to his frontal lobe. She is perplexed by his behavior. Which of the following would you tell her is “normal behavior” for a person with frontal lobe damage?
A. not much decline in memory or intelligence
B. poor judgment
C. irritability and other personality changes
D. ALL of these are commonly seen in frontal lobe damage
Answer: D

15. A. sympathetic nervous system B. somatic nervous system
As Allison reaches for a box in her garage, out jumps a big spider. Her heart immediately begins to race as she withdraws her hand, but soon she realizes that the spider is harmless, and she begins to calm down. Which part of her nervous system is responsible for brining her back to a normal state of arousal?
A. sympathetic nervous system
B. somatic nervous system
C. parasympathetic nervous system
D. skeletal nervous system
Answer: C

16. A. sympathetic nervous system B. somatic nervous system
As Allison reaches for a box in her garage, out jumps a big spider. Her heart immediately begins to race as she withdraws her hand, but soon she realizes that the spider is harmless, and she begins to calm down. Which part of her nervous system is responsible for brining her back to a normal state of arousal?
A. sympathetic nervous system
B. somatic nervous system
C. parasympathetic nervous system
D. skeletal nervous system
Answer: C

17. If Dr. Barnes wanted to cause a cat to take on an attack posture, which of the cat’s brain structures should he electrically stimulate?
A. amygdala
B. hypothalamus
C. hippocampus
D. cerebellum
Answer: A

18. If Dr. Barnes wanted to cause a cat to take on an attack posture, which of the cat’s brain structures should he electrically stimulate?
A. amygdala
B. hypothalamus
C. hippocampus
D. cerebellum
Answer: A

19. What do you think?
Should someone who is accused of a crime be able to plead not guilty on the grounds of brain dysfunction or hormone imbalance?
Yes No

20. What do you think?
Should someone who is accused of a crime be able to plead not guilty because he or she was under the influence of drugs?
Yes No

21. With which statement do you agree?
A. Men and women are destined to behave differently because of differences in their brains.
B. People can consciously modify their behavior to overcome sex differences in the brain.

22. What do you think?
Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in adults?
Yes No

23. What do you think?
Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in children?
Yes No

24. What do you think?
Should it be legal to perform brain surgery or to administer electroconvulsive shock to control behavior in habitual criminals?
Yes No

25. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
While jogging, you notice a shiny object on the ground, reach down, and pick it up. Information about the
object reached your brain by way of __________, and your hand was commanded to reach down by __________.
Motor neurons; motor neurons
Interneurons; interneurons
Sensory neurons; motor neurons
Motor neurons; sensory neurons
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26. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
While jogging, you notice a shiny object on the ground, reach down, and pick it up. Information about the
object reached your brain by way of __________, and your hand was commanded to reach down by __________.
Motor neurons; motor neurons
Interneurons; interneurons
Sensory neurons; motor neurons
Motor neurons; sensory neurons
Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education

27. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
This section of the nervous system is responsible for
calming the body after a stressful response:
Sympathetic
Central
Parasympathetic
Autonomic
Sensory neurons
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28. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
This section of the nervous system is responsible for
calming the body after a stressful response:
Sympathetic
Central
Parasympathetic
Autonomic
Sensory neurons
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This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental
functions, such as planning, personality, memory, and
decision making:
Temporal lobes
Parietal lobes
Frontal lobes
Occipital lobes
Motor cortex
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30. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental
functions, such as planning, personality, memory, and
decision making:
Temporal lobes
Parietal lobes
Frontal lobes
Occipital lobes
Motor cortex
Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education

31. Copyright © 2012, Pearson Education
The area of the brain that connects the two cerebral
hemispheres and is often severed in split brain patients is
called:
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Corpus callosum
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32. The area of the brain that connects the two cerebral
hemispheres and is often severed in split brain patients is
called:
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Corpus callosum

33. Discussion Question

34. Your best friends invite you over for pizza and a friendly game of cards.  Describe how the following parts of the brain are involved during your evening of eating pizza, socializing, and playing cards: Broca’s area, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and occipital lobe.

35. Broca’s area?
Hippocampus?
Hypothalamus?
Occipital lobe?

36. Broca’s area is involved with socializing and helps everyone talk to one another.
The hippocampus is involved with socializing and helps everyone form immediate and long-term memories of the evening.
The hypothalamus is involved with eating pizza and lets everyone know if they are hungry or full.
The occipital lobe is involved with all aspects because it helps everyone to see the cards, the pizza, and each other.