Assignment: Below are 2 lists. One is a list of brain structures, the other a list of common activities.
Choose 3 activities, and for each activity, choose 3 brain structures (or systems) for a total of 9 structures. and explain how they might be involved in that activity.
Be sure to justify your responses with information from class or from the text.
This is a paper; so write it in essay format. Your paper should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced.
Activities:
Watching a horror movie
Giving a speech
Asking a question in class
Being caught speeding
Driving a car
Talking on the phone
Preparing your lunch
Dancing
Reading your textbook
Going to a concert
Playing your favorite sport
Writing an essay
Brain structures:
Amygdala
Occipital lobe
Basal forebrain
Parasympathtic NS
Broca's area
Parietal lobe
Cerebellum
Raphe System
Corpus callosum
Reticular Formation
Frontal lobe
Sympathetic nervous system
Hippocampus
Temporal lobe
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Medulla
Wernicke's area