P2 - The brain

Question 1

How many hemispheres is the cerebral cortex split into?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What are the roles of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 2

Memory, interpreting senses like hearing and vision, language, consciousness and intelligence.

Question 3

What are the roles of the cerebellum?

Answer 3

Balance, muscle coordination.

Question 4

What are the roles of the medulla?

Answer 4

Coordinating unconscious activities such as regulating our breathing and heart rate.

Question 5

Where is the medulla found?

Answer 5

In the brain stem.

Question 6

What is the role of the hypothalamus?

Answer 6

Regulating our body temperature.

Question 7

What are the 3 main ways scientists study the brain?

Answer 7

Study people with brain damage.
MRI scans
Electrically stimulating the brain

Question 8

What are the 3 main reasons why treating the brain is so difficult?

Answer 8

The brain is complex and delicate.
Hard to access and target with medications.
A huge range of things can go wrong from mental illnesses to infection.