Friday, September 24, 2010
The Brain
Just from listening to the lectures and doing the worksheets i learned a lot of new things about the brain. I knew about the frontal lobe but i was honestly clueless about the rest. I learned that occipital lobe controls vision and the temporal lobe is like object recognition and long term memory. A way that i remember where the temporal lobe is, is that it is by the temples. I learned the differences between neurons and cells and some of them are like they both have cell membranes, nucleus, and organells. But then neurons have long processes which are in the dendrites and axon, then they conduct elecrical signals, and one more is that they use synapse which is how they basically communicate.Also, Broca's area of the brain if damaged can cause a speech impedimate, for example stuttering. There are no sensory neurons in the frontal lobe which i didn't know. So basically if you get hit there you will feel it on your skin but you won't actually feel pain in the brain unless it hits a sensory area. Those are a few of the things that I learned from these lectures by professor Gewirtz
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I like how you remember where the Temporal lobe is, is there a way that you remember where the occipital lobe is? Also you talked about the axon and synapses but what is the steps that they take down the neuron?
ReplyDeletei was the same way about not knowing that about the sensory neurons in the frontal lobe. I think it is weird how you wouldnt feel it if it hit the brain in certain spots, but if you hit a sensory area it will then hurt.
ReplyDeleteLOTS of information to process! Fortunately you'll have lots of opportunities to continue reviewing and using this knowledge through the rest of the semester. :) Ms. O
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