Brain Injuries
Imaging the Brain
Famous Neuroscience Patients
Neurodivergent Conditions
Great Brains @ Wheaton - Take 2!
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This common, mild form of brain injury is often a result of a jolt or blow to the head, any symptoms include headache, dizziness, and confusion.

What is a concussion? 

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X-ray is used for this imaging technique.

What is a CT scan?

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This patient is known for having a large iron rod that was driven through his head which led to significant changes in their personality.

Who is Phineas Gage?

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People that have this neurodivergent condition might find it harder to control their attention or direct it to certain tasks.

What is ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder)?

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This professor takes students over to the Early Education Center, near the baseball field.

Who are Professors Matt Gingo & Taneisha Vilma?

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The acronym TBI stands for this.

What is traumatic brain injury?

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This imaging technique involves a small amount of radioactive tracer.

What is a PET scan?

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Studies of this patient, who had both hippocampi and a portion of their medial temporal lobe removed to help with their epilepsy, led to a better understanding about memory.

Who is Patient H.M (Henry Molasin)?

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This neurodivergent condition is associated with difficulties in word recognition, spelling, and reading comprehension.

What is dyslexia?

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This faculty member has Northern red-bellied cooter turtles in their office.

Who is Professor Susan Barrett?

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This condition, often seen in professional football players, can occur when someone receives multiple concussions over a long period of time, leading to long-term neurological symptoms.

What is CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy)? 


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When getting this assessment done, electrodes are placed on the patient's head to measure electrical activity.

What is EEG?

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This patient developed anterograde amnesia after a fencing accident, which a fencing foil went up their nose and damaged their brain?

Who is Patient N.A.?

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This condition affects the brain and nerves, and can cause involuntary movements or vocalizations called “tics.”

What is Tourette's?

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This professor, performer, producer, and composer, is also the music director of the Great Woods Symphony Orchestra.

Who is Professor Delvyn Case?

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A sudden medical emergency caused by a blockage or rupture of blood vessels in the brain leading to lack of oxygen and cell death is called what?

What is a stroke?

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Radio waves and magnets are used to create a detailed 3D image of the brain with this technique.

What is MRI?

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This patient was in a motorcycle accident and had both anterograde and retrograde amnesia. Interestingly, their semantic memory was intact, but they had deficits in episodic memory?

Who is Patient K.C. (Kent Cochrane)?

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People with this rare genetic condition may experience delayed development, unique physical features, cognitive challenges, and potential cardiovascular problems that cause people with this condition to have a shorter life span.

What is Williams Syndrome?

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This professor is the founding director of the Wheaton Outstanding STEM Scholar Program (WOSS) for incoming first-year students.

Who is Professor Juvenal Lopez?

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Injury to what region of the brain would induce coma?

What is the brainstem (esp. the medulla)?

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This brain imaging technique works by detecting the change in blood oxygenation levels.

What is fMRI?

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This individual was used to show classical conditioning in humans, and demonstrated that fear was a learned behavior.

Who is Little Albert?

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This genetic condition is caused by a missing piece of chromosome 22, which can cause heart abnormalities, delayed development, and an impaired immune system.

What is DiGeorge Syndrome (aka 22q11.2 deletion syndrome).

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Students in this professor’s course recently peppered our campus with works of art hidden in plain sight.

Professor Who is Professor Kelly Goff?