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This is Your Brain. This Is How It Works.

This is Your Brain. This Is How It Works. Parts of the brain: Keep in mind there are two distinct sides with different functions. The Brainstem (Pathway to the Body). Base of brain Unconscious work Autonomic functions (survival) Breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure.

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This is Your Brain. This Is How It Works.

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  1. This is Your Brain. This Is How It Works.

  2. Parts of the brain: Keep in mind there are two distinct sides with different functions

  3. The Brainstem(Pathway to the Body) • Base of brain • Unconscious work • Autonomic functions (survival) Breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure

  4. The Cerebellum(Balance) • “little brain” • Large in size • 11% of brain’s weight • Center of balance • Body posture, coordination of muscle function; walking etc.

  5. The brain has 4 areas called lobes • Frontal • Parietal • Temporal • Occiptal

  6. The Frontal Lobes(Problem Solving) • Largest part • Think of past, plan for future • Solves problems • Move your body • Highly developed/analytical • Forms your personality

  7. The Parietal Lobes(Touching) • Two major divisions • Anterior and posterior • Senses hot and cold, hard and soft, and pain. • Taste and smell • Helps integrate the senses • Spatial awareness

  8. The Temporal Lobes(Hearing) • Process auditory stimuli • Subdivisions • Wernicke’s Area Speech/comprehension of speech • Broca’s Area/production of speech

  9. The Occipital Lobes (Seeing) • Located at lower central back of brain • Processes visual stimuli

  10. Taking sides….two sides that is! • Two sides or hemispheres of the brain: LEFT and RIGHT • We have two cerebral hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum. This is a bundle of nerves that allows each side of the brain to communicate with each other. • Each side of the brain processes things differently. • It is an outdated assumption that “artsy” type people are right-brained.

  11. Left Brain Logical Sequential Rational Analytical Objective Looks at parts Right Brain Random Intuitive Holistic Synthesizing Subjective Looks at wholes Taking sides….how the two sides process information that is!

  12. Left Hemisphere • processes things more in parts and sequentially • recognizes positive emotions • Identified with practicality and rationality • Understands symbols and representations • Processes rapid auditory information faster than the right (crucial for separating the sounds of speech into distinct units for comprehension) • is responsible for language development. It develops slower in boys, that is why males usually develop more language problems than females.

  13. Right Hemisphere • Recognizes negative emotions • High level mathematicians, problem solvers, and chess players use • The “non-verbal” side • Responds to touch and music (sensory) • Intuitive • Responsive to color and shape • Emotional and originative

  14. Left Brain Letters Numbers Words Right Brain Faces Places Objects based on Sousa (1995, p. 88) Taking sides….what information the two sides recognize!

  15. Any Questions?

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