1. The Brain 86 BILLION neurons!!!

2. Particular regions have particular function

3. Cerebellum Coordinated movement Damage results in herky-jerky movement Can be overridden by frontal cortex

4. Brain Stem Vision, eye movement, body movement Vital body functions (breathing, heart rate) Sensory Analysis

5. Cerebral Cortex (hemispheres) Left and Right Broken into different sections Each with specific function

6. Temporal Lobe Process sensory input into meaning for Visual memories Language comprehension Emotional association Left lobe (face recognition) Right lobe (Pitch and sound)

7. Pareidolia

9. Bonnet ArmChest

17. Occipital Lobe Visual stimulation and interpretation Epilepsy

18. Occipital lobe seizures

19. Parietal Lobe Somatosensory processing (touch) Coordination of information from other parts of the brain Navigation

20. Frontal Lobe Conscious thought Personality Motor function Problem solving Social interaction

21. Drunk Driving

22. Driving Tired

23. Phineas Gage Railroad worker Tamping charges Tamping iron hit live charge Shot through his skull and landed many yards away Stayed standing!!

24. Phineas Gage

25. Frontal Lobotomy Used to control mental patients Scramble frontal lobe Person becomes zombie, very easy to control

26. Corpus Callosum Connects the 2 hemispheres Left controls right and Right controls left

27. Broca’s Area Control Speech Damage results in failure to form words Left Frontal Lobe

28. Wernicke’s Area Left Temporal Lobe Organize words in meaningful way

29. I say river, you say…

30. I say dog, you say…

31. Jokes

32. This next one’s gonna be good!

33. What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street?

34. What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street? Gives a little brain wave!

35. What is a sleeping brain’s favorite musical group?

36. What is a sleeping brain’s favorite musical group? REM