History
Believed that the heart is the most important organ in the body.
The Egyptians in 2500 BC
How we interact with our surroundings.
How we react to our environment.
Our judgments on daily routines.
Frontal Lobe
What happens during a brain injury?
Brain swells
Pressure builds
Lack of circulation shuts brain down
Oxygen deprivation leads to death or permanent damage
Parts of the Forebrain
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Limbic system
Cerebrum
Parkinson’s Disease
Midbrain
1100-1500 - Brain studies cease during the _______________ due to a church ban on human dissection and the study of anatomy
Middle Ages
Hearing
Memory
Visual perceptions
Categorizing of objects
Temporal
Most common area for injury
Frontal Lobe
Party in the Cerebrum - what parts of the brain are in the cerebrum
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
Hindbrain Disorders
Stroke
Sleep Disorders
Experiments were done on _____ to determine what parts of the brain do
Vision
Occipital
Sever the corpus callosum – connection between the left and right hemispheres
Split Brain Procedure
What makes up the midbrain?
Major part of the brainstem
Connects the spinal cord and forebrain
Alzheimer’s disease
Depression
Mania
Huntington’s Disease
Epilepsy
Stroke
Forebrain
1974 - The first ________ scanner is developed to provide information about the activity of the brain
PET
Location for visual attention.
Parietal
Temporal Injury
Difficulty placing words or pictures into categories
Left - Impaired memory for verbal material
Right – impaired memory of non-verbal material
Paranoia and aggressive rages
Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla Oblongata
Unconscious, yet essential, body functions
Hindbrain
A unique disorder that is often connected with Autism. The person who has it usually has very unique talents- such as begin able to easily learn languages or read over 12000 books.
Savant Syndrome
Discovered Phrenology
Franz Joseph Gall
Injury to this part of the brain can cause confusion for left and right
Parietal Injury
Frontal Lobe Injury issues
Difficulty speaking
Change in social behavior
Used to cure mental illness and seizures at one point
Lobotomies
a mental illness that alters how a person sees and understands reality
Schizophrenia