Brain Stuff

Question 1

Cerebral cortex

Answer 1

responsible for consciousness (emotions), intelligence, memory and language

Question 2

Cerebellum

Answer 2

coordinates muscular coordination and balance.

Question 3

Medulla

Answer 3

controls unconscious activities such as controlling the heartbeat, movement of the gut and breathing.

Question 4

Hypothalamus

Answer 4

controls body temperature.

Question 5

Pituitary gland

Answer 5

produces many hormones.

Question 6

Brain Study Techniques

Answer 6

Studying people with brain damage:
- Matching changes in behaviour or memory to the damaged area of the brain.
- Used early on to map brain function.

Electrical stimulation of different parts of the brain:
- Stimulate with directed impulses to see what effect it has
- People can experience hunger, anger, fear or thirst
- There are no sensory nerve endings in the brain so surgery is usually done on conscious patients