Function-Structure Integration: Retinotopy. What does your brain do to Mona?
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EQ: What are the structures of the brain
and what do they control?
BR: Besides for “thinking” what types of things do you think your brain controls?
OWrite an explanation for each of the parts of the brain on the graphic organizer
OUse page 63 and handout: Outline and label parts of brain on diagram.
OHW: Draw a picture or symbol which represents what each part does
Essential Question: What does the cerebral cortex do?
OBR: If you had to give up one sense (sight, touch, or hearing) which would you give up and why?
Cerebral Cortex
OThinking center of the brainOCoordinates all other areas ODivided into 2 cerebral
hemispheres which are connected at the corpus callosum
O4 lobes
OBrain is cross wired: Right hemisphere controls movement and feeling in the left side of body and vice versa
Occipital LobesOVisual regionOAllows you to
experience shapes, color, and motion
ODamage can cause blindness
OGet a partnerOOne partner close their eyes and the other puts an object on their desk
OTry to guess what the object is
OSwitch roles
Parietal LobesOTouch and
sensationOHow you
experience yourself in space around you
ODamage can affect sense of touch
Frontal lobesO Coordination of
movement O higher mental
processes such as planning, social skills, emotional control, and abstract thinking
O Left: positive feelings
O Right: negative feelings
O Damage causes personality changes
Temporal LobesOHearing and
languageODamage can
cause difficulty in understanding what words and sentences mean