Brain & Behavior 1: Einstein’s brain
Frontal lobe
Speech production, movement, complex thinking, personality
Temporal lobe
Perception of objects, hearing, language comprehension
Parietal lobe
Perception of touch, reaching and grasping, spatial function
Occipital lobe
Exclusively devoted to vision and visual perception
4 Lobes of the Brain
Occipital, Parietal, Frontal, Temporal
Right/Let Hemispheres of the Brain
Left: Speaking hemisphere
Right: Spatial/Holistic/emotional processing
Each hemisphere has 4 lobes
Right: Spatial/Holistic/emotional processing
Each hemisphere has 4 lobes
Limbic System
-Part of the forebrain
Important for emotion, learning, and memory
Important for emotion, learning, and memory
Basal Ganglia
Part of the forebrain, important for normal movement
Forebrain
Seperates us from birds and reptiles, makes us human
Regulates perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social functions
Consists of the Thalomus, Hypothalmus, Limbic system, pituitary gland, and cerebral cortex
Regulates perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social functions
Consists of the Thalomus, Hypothalmus, Limbic system, pituitary gland, and cerebral cortex
Midbrain
Helps us integrate different kinds of sensory information
Similar to birds and amphibians
Similar to birds and amphibians
Hindbrain
Lowest set of structures in the brain based on what it provides us, similar to reptiles, consists of the medulla, pons, reticular fornation, and cerebellum
3 major divisions of the brain
Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
Lateral
areas away from the brain’s midline
medial
Areas in the middle of the brain
Anterior/Rostral
Front of the brain
Interior/Ventral
Bottom of the brain
Posterior/Caudal
Back of the brain
Superior/Dorsal
Top of the brain
Einstein’s brain
Higher percentage glial cells – give the brain its shape and make it more efficient – missing one of the cracks that most people have in their brain leading many to believe he might’ve had a more direct connection with different parts of his brain
