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What is the brain made up of? |
Billions of interconnected neurones |
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Name the parts from top arrow downwards |
Cerebral cortex Cerebellum Medulla Spinal cord |
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Cerebral cortex |
The outer wrinkly part of the brain. It's responsible for consciouseness, intelligence, memory and language. |
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Medulla |
Controls unconscious actives such as breathing and your heartbeat |
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Cerebellum |
Responsible for muscle coordination |
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Name the 3 main ways of studying the brain. |
brain damage Studying patient with brain damage Electrically stimulating the brain MRI scans Electrically stimulating the brain |
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Studying patients with brain damage |
If a small part of the brain has been damaged then the patient can tell you a lot about what the damaged part of the brain does. For example is the patient went blind then the damaged part of the brain has something to do with vision. |
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Electrically stimulating the brain |
By putting a tiny electrode onto the tissue and giving it a small amount of electricity you can observe the result of the stimulation and workout what that part of the brain does. Eg if you stimulate the motor area muscle contraptions would occur. |
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MRI Scans |
A magnetic resonance imaging scanner produces very detailed pictures of the brains structure. You could find out what part of the brain is active when doing a certain activity such as listening to music. |
