The Amazing Brain
Let's us move and be coordinated, know what we are touching, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and respond accordingly and think, learn, understand, and remember
Brain
Learn by seeing
Picture smart
Done without thought, do not go to your brain, done super fast, controlled by your spinal cord
Reflex Action
Causes clumsy, unfocused, violence
Drugs
Most brain injuries can be prevented by wearing a _____.
Helmet
Tells heart to pump, stomach to digest food and glands to sweat
Brain Stem
Musical Smart
Send messages from the senses to the brain
Sensory Neurons
What are these steps called?
Identify and avoid risky situations.
Say “NO!” with your words and your body; give a reason if you want.
Leave the situation.
Report to a trusted adult.
Refusal Steps
When a bump is so hard to the head that the brain actually knocks against the bony skull causing dizziness, nausea, headache and blurred vision
Concussion
Smart, makes decisions, thinking
Cerebrum
Body smart
Sends messages from the brain to the muscles and glands
Motor Neurons
Slow down the messages going from one neuron to the next (barbiturates, alcohol, inhalants, marijuana)
Another word for a fight
Conflict
Human "Switchboard"
Thalamus
Learn BY THEMSELVES
Intrapersonal
Messages enter the neurons through ______ . They can only pick up the messages.
Dendrites
Speed up the messages going from neuron to neuron (caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, crack, amphetamines, meth)
Stimulants
Epilepsy, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Seizures are all types of what
Brain Disorders
Emotions and Regulate Temperature
Hypothalamus
Learn by discussing WITH OTHERS
Interpersonal
Messages leave the neurons through ______. They can only send messages.
Axons
Distort, or mix-up, the messages traveling along the nerves (LSD, mescaline, certain types of cactus and mushrooms)
Hallucinogens
What are these steps called?
What is the conflict?
What do I want? What do you want?
How are our wants alike? How are our wants different?
What are possible solutions?
What predictions can we make about each possible solution?
Which solution meets our needs best?
Conflict Resolution Steps