Thursday October 17, 2024
Circle: What are you currently listening to?
Unit 1: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological
Nature/Nurture Review
Activity: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.
Mind-body connection: Using example from page 79 of the Chinese transplant surgeon how would you answer the following questions? 1. Would Wang still be Wang? 2. After recovering whose home should he return to? 3. If he had specialized skills like music, would Wang retain that skill or is it dependent on the new body's muscle memory? 4. If Wang was to later father a child, whom should the birth certificate list as the father?
Learning Targets: I can explain/understand
What are neurons, and how do they transmit information? Myelin sheet
Activity: Reaction Time
Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain
Mind Body Connection Activity: We know that everything psychological is simultaneously biological. What implications can you draw about the brain and its structure from the following three examples: In groups of three what are some of the implications of the following information?
Shawn Achor Video
Harvard Study
NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later
ACES Video
How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?
How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?
What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?
How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?
How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?
What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?
What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions?
What do split brains reveal about the functions of our two brain hemispheres?
Homework: Study for QUIZ
Building a neuron model: Due October 28th. Quarter ends the 31st.
Activity: True/False
Activity: Reaction Time
Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain
Mind Body Connection Activity: We know that everything psychological is simultaneously biological. What implications can you draw about the brain and its structure from the following three examples: In groups of three what are some of the implications of the following information?
Shawn Achor Video
Harvard Study
NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later
ACES Video
Your ACE's score: Does it surprise you?
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