HUMAN BRAIN: HOW SMART CAN WE GET?
Watch the movie in class and, as you watch, answer the following questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE53EkxKWpw
1. What happened to Einstein’s brain? The doctor who did the autopsy on Einstein’s brain found unusual folds in the brain. Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey took numerous pictures of Einstein’s brain; therefore, he proceeded to cut the brain into cubes.
2. What did the Canadian neurologist Sandra Witelson find about Einstein’s brain? Which part of the brain was unusually larger than the normal brain? Sandra Witelson discovered the Einstein’s peripheral lobe as 15 percent larger than the average brain.
3. What are gyri in the brain? The human cerebral cortex is very deeply wrinkled, and the …show more content…
What’s the mnemonic technique that memory champions use to remember long lists of words or numbers, or the order of cards in a deck? The mnemonic technique memory champions are auditory learners by using different senses, and they are capable of retaining numbers and card orders.
15. Which part of the brain stores short-term memories? The temporal lobes retain short-term memories.
16. What do MEG studies into the brain show about brain activity during problem solving? MEG studies into the brain demonstrate millisecond by millisecond.
17. How do different parts of the brain communicate? The left and right hemispheres communicate with one another through corpus callosum.
18. How can you help make your brain smarter? Juggling balls tend to increase gray matter and white matter.
19. How many neurons are there in the brain? 100 billion.
20. How many connections are there between neurons? 100 trillion.
21. How does George do his calendar calculating feats? Savant syndrome exist in individuals who suffer from serious psychological or physical disability, yet they extraordinary and remarkable abilities.
22. How do some people become savants over night? People who have an injury or some psychological …show more content…
What does the fMRI scanner reveal about the brain of George, the calendar calculating savant? How does his brain differ from more typical brains? Most of their brain activity is located on the left side of the brain. Typical brains are more symmetrical.
25. What happened to the brain of Anne, the scientist who lost her ability to speak and developed a talent for painting? In the area that are associated with speech in the brain, the nerves were dying due to the brain disease. The right posterior of the brain that produces art started remodeling and rebuilding the brain, and she became talented in art.
26. What happens to our brain we are put under stress and we choke, meaning we do not perform well under pressure? Which parts of the brain are active then? Working memory is held in the conscious, and it involve the peripheral cortex. The amygdala is overactive and prevents clear thinking.
27. What happens in a non-choker’s brain? The amygdala stops sending signals to the peripheral cortex.
28. Can we train people to control their emotions, for example make students perform better on a stressful exam? How can it be done? It can be done quite simply by giving students a journal to alleviate their stress, so their test score will
Watch the movie in class and, as you watch, answer the following questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE53EkxKWpw
1. What happened to Einstein’s brain? The doctor who did the autopsy on Einstein’s brain found unusual folds in the brain. Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey took numerous pictures of Einstein’s brain; therefore, he proceeded to cut the brain into cubes.
2. What did the Canadian neurologist Sandra Witelson find about Einstein’s brain? Which part of the brain was unusually larger than the normal brain? Sandra Witelson discovered the Einstein’s peripheral lobe as 15 percent larger than the average brain.
3. What are gyri in the brain? The human cerebral cortex is very deeply wrinkled, and the …show more content…
What’s the mnemonic technique that memory champions use to remember long lists of words or numbers, or the order of cards in a deck? The mnemonic technique memory champions are auditory learners by using different senses, and they are capable of retaining numbers and card orders.
15. Which part of the brain stores short-term memories? The temporal lobes retain short-term memories.
16. What do MEG studies into the brain show about brain activity during problem solving? MEG studies into the brain demonstrate millisecond by millisecond.
17. How do different parts of the brain communicate? The left and right hemispheres communicate with one another through corpus callosum.
18. How can you help make your brain smarter? Juggling balls tend to increase gray matter and white matter.
19. How many neurons are there in the brain? 100 billion.
20. How many connections are there between neurons? 100 trillion.
21. How does George do his calendar calculating feats? Savant syndrome exist in individuals who suffer from serious psychological or physical disability, yet they extraordinary and remarkable abilities.
22. How do some people become savants over night? People who have an injury or some psychological …show more content…
What does the fMRI scanner reveal about the brain of George, the calendar calculating savant? How does his brain differ from more typical brains? Most of their brain activity is located on the left side of the brain. Typical brains are more symmetrical.
25. What happened to the brain of Anne, the scientist who lost her ability to speak and developed a talent for painting? In the area that are associated with speech in the brain, the nerves were dying due to the brain disease. The right posterior of the brain that produces art started remodeling and rebuilding the brain, and she became talented in art.
26. What happens to our brain we are put under stress and we choke, meaning we do not perform well under pressure? Which parts of the brain are active then? Working memory is held in the conscious, and it involve the peripheral cortex. The amygdala is overactive and prevents clear thinking.
27. What happens in a non-choker’s brain? The amygdala stops sending signals to the peripheral cortex.
28. Can we train people to control their emotions, for example make students perform better on a stressful exam? How can it be done? It can be done quite simply by giving students a journal to alleviate their stress, so their test score will