The brain in Action by https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag en-us 2018-09-28 11:29:44 UTC 2023-03-25 21:24:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Walking! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286892927 In the image below, I am doing a simple, everyday task; walking. When I am walking, my cerebellum is hard at work because the cerebellum's main objective is to control It controls balance, movement, and coordination. It coordinates all of these areas and helps my muscles move in such way as they do when I am walking. My frontal lobe is also working because one of the frontal lobe's objectives is to control motor functions as to generate neural impulses that control the execution of movement (walking). Finally, my pons are the relay messengers from my cerebellum (balance and movements) to my motor cortex (which impulses my voluntary muscular activity such as walking). ]]> 2018-09-28 11:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286892927 Looking Outside! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286917251 In the image below, I am doing something that you are even doing right now, looking at something. Looking at something is a combination of many parts of the brain, including but not limited to; my occipital lobes (Section of the brain located at the rear and bottom of each cerebral hemisphere containing the primary visual centers of the brain),  and our right and left hemispheres, because since we have two eyes, we have two optic nerves that meet centrally near the pituitary gland. Here, each nerve then splits again so that both halves of the brain receive information from each eye.]]> 2018-09-28 12:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286917251 Eating/Carrying a Conversation! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286921912 In this image, Lauren and I are suppose to be replicating a lunch time experience here at GBHS. We are eating, talking with friends, and making memories. For all of this to happen, our brain is heavily controlling what is happening as it always does. My hypothalamus is hard at work causing me to feel hunger because that is the hypothalamus' job; to manage motivational behavior such as hunger and thirst. My medulla also is at work here, as it basically maintains homeostasis by digesting the food I am eating, and allowing my body to swallow the food I am eating. It performs tasks necessary for life without be thinking about it. Finally, my Broca's area is working as well to allow me to formulate sentences and actually speak to Lauren about whatever happened that day before lunch. ]]> 2018-09-28 12:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286921912 Solving/Learning a Math Equation! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286928570 In this image, I am supposedly solving a math problem that I had just learned from my teacher. I was able to learn this through my Wernicke’s Area, which is the section of my brain of which is responsible for speech comprehension, allowing me to understand what the teacher is saying and what he/she means by their words. Next, my hippocampus region is also working to form a long term memory of this equation/problem in order for me to remember for my test. Finally,  my amygdala is at work as well, reciting memories of fear for being scared that I will fail the test, motivating me to study harder so I don't have a repeat of failure (mem. of fear). ]]> 2018-09-28 13:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/286928570 Opening a door! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287046070 - Below is an image of me opening a door, which is also a combination of many regions of my brain. To begin, my Thalamus is working to direct my hand to grasp the door handle because that thalamus is apart of the limbic (hands, legs) system located in the center of the brain, this structure relays sensory information from the lower part of the brain to the proper areas of the cortex (my hand) and processes some sensory information before going to its proper area (opening the door). In correlation with my thalamus, my parietal lobe is  working to get my body in the proper position to open that door and to get ready to move once I turn the handle (the parietal lobe is a section of the brain located at the top and back of each cerebral hemisphere containing the centers for touch, temperature, and body position). Finally, my temporal lobes are listening to the person on the other side of the door as I knock, to see if I get a reaction (the temporal lobes are areas of the cortex located along the side of the brain, starting just behind the temples, containing the neurons responsible for the sense of hearing and meaningful speech).
 
]]> 2018-09-28 16:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287046070 Right Hemisphere! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287174158 2018-09-29 03:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287174158 Left Hemisphere! oliviarbainbridge43 https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287174589 2018-09-29 03:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviarbainbridge43/ast9o6lqhvag/wish/287174589