OLDER BRAIN STRUCTURES
A student struggles with balance and coordinated movements after a brain injury. Which structure is most likely involved?
Cerebellum
This structure is strongly associated with hunger, thirst, body temperature, and homeostasis.
Hypothalamus
This lobe is primarily associated with processing visual information.
Occipital lobe
You're reading a friend's text message. Which lobe is processing the visual information?
occipital lobe
What is the most-followed social media platform among these?
B. TikTok
This structure acts as a major sensory relay station, routing information to other areas of the brain.
Thalamus
You're suddenly startled by someone jumping out from behind you. This structure helps give the experience emotional significance.
Amygdala
This lobe is especially involved in hearing, language comprehension, and memory.
Temporal lobe
You practice the same tennis serve hundreds of times until the movement feels almost automatic. Which structure is especially important for motor learning?
cerebellum
You have $100. You spend 50%, then spend 50% of what remains. How much money do you have left?
B. $25
This structure helps you stay alert and filter incoming information when you're trying to pay attention in a noisy classroom.
Reticular formation
You're suddenly startled by someone jumping out from behind you. This structure helps give the experience emotional significance.
Amygdala
You're playing tennis and know where your arm is without looking at it. Which lobe helps with this?
Parietal lobe
You haven't eaten since breakfast and are starving after school. Which structure is helping regulate your hunger?
hypothalamus
If you are watching a movie at 1.5× speed, a 2-hour movie takes about how long?
A. 80 min
This structure is responsible for automatic functions such as breathing and heartbeat.
Medulla
This structure is important for forming conscious memories of facts and events.
Hippocampus
You want to keep scrolling on your phone, but decide to put it away and study instead. Which lobe helps with planning and impulse control?
Frontal lobe
You're taking an exam. You see the question, understand the words, remember what you studied, and decide how to answer.
Question: Why would it be incorrect to say that only one brain structure is responsible?
Because complex behaviors involve multiple brain areas working together.
You have 10 people at a party. Everyone high-fives everyone else exactly once. How many high-fives happen?
C. 45
A person suffers damage to the thalamus. What major type of brain function could be disrupted?
Sensory information could have difficulty being properly relayed to other areas of the brain.
After a brain injury, a student can still remember old memories but has trouble forming new memories. Which structure is most likely affected?
Hippocampus
A student reads a test question, understands the language, remembers the lesson, and plans an answer. Name at least three brain areas that could be involved.
Possible answers: occipital lobe, temporal lobe, hippocampus, frontal lobe, and potentially the reticular formation for alertness.
You're listening to your teacher explain something while your classmates are talking. Which structure helps you maintain alertness and filter incoming information?
reticular formation
You are studying for a test. You read the questions, understand what they say, remember what you studied, and decide on your answers.
Which lobe is responsible for each?
Occipital → Temporal → Hippocampus → Frontal