Brain Stuff
Which system of the brain tends to mature more quickly in humans: The limbic system or the prefrontal cortex?
What does it mean to say that you get a KICK out of something?
You find it enjoyable, amusing, or entertaining
Which of Phineas's cheeks did the tamping iron pass through, the right or left?
Left
Which school of thought (whole brainers vs phrenologists) believed that “that the brain is divided into specific areas that control specific things?"
Phrenologists
True or False: Phrenologists knew which parts of the brain controlled which functions.
False - Phrenologists in 1850 "Have no way of knowing which part of the brain controls what."
What does the OCCIPITAL LOBE help with?
Vision
If you were going to make an excuse to Ms. Welty about your homework not being done, you might say that you couldn't finish it because your ______ is not done developing.
Prefrontal cortex
Which part of Phineas's brain was damaged?
The frontal lobe/prefrontal cortex
Which school of thought believed that the brain is a "whole intelligence?"
Whole brainers
Which school of thought (whole brainers vs. phrenologists) believed that "If you have a weak organ, it will be small and you'll have a dip or depression in your skull?"
Phrenologists
What is the PARIETAL LOBE responsible for?
Sensory information, particularly touch
Provide a rough age range for the human period of adolescence.
roughly 10-25 years old
What was Phineas doing when he sustained his injury?
Helping build a train tunnel
What is the *other* term for a phrenologist?
A localizer
Which school of thought (Whole Brainers vs Phrenologists) believed that "thoughts and commands can originate anywhere in the brain jelly/cloud and flash into action?"
Whole Brainers
Kate Mills, Anne-Lise Goddings, and others carried out an experiment in 2014 in which they looked at the MRIs of many different patients. What were they trying to figure out?
Whether the limbic system matures more quickly during adolescence than the prefrontal cortex.
What is the "paradox of adolescence?"
The idea that adolescents are at peak health but die from preventable behaviors.
What about Phineas's injury made the phrenologists feel validated in their claim about the brain having many different organs?
They believed that "the tamping iron has not killed him because the damage is limited to specific organs that are not critical to life."
How many different 'organs' of the brain did phrenologists say existed?
37
When did brain scientists start to understand brain waves through technology - BEFORE the time of phrenologists/whole brainers, DURING the time of phrenologists/whole brainers, or AFTER the time of phrenologists/whole brainers?
After (in the late 19th century, after 1850)