Extra Credit

Go to Neuroscience for Kids and click on Brain Basics

THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 2015-2016 CLASS

1. Click on “Our Divided Brain: Lobes of the Brain.” Write what each lobe is concerned with:

• Frontal Lobe
• Parietal Lobe
• Temporal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe

2. Click back twice to the page showing the “Brain Basics” section. Click on “The Brain – Right Down the Middle.” Read the descriptions of the following brain areas and explain their functions in your own words:

• The Cerebral Cortex
• The Cerebellum
• The Hypothalamus
• The Thalamus

3. Click back one page again. Under “Brain Basics,” click on the link “1 Brain or 2 – Split Brain Experiments.” Scroll down to the section labeled “Right side-left side.” Read the information there and answer the following questions:

• What percentage of right-handed people show a left-side of the brain dominance for language?
• What percentage of left-handed people show a left-side dominance for language?
• Scroll down further on this page to the box with the picture showing a woman/man’s face.

1. Which face would a split-brained person POINT TO if asked to point to the normal face?
2. When asked to SAY which face they see, which one would they say?
3. Click back again to the prior page. Click on “She Brains, He Brains.” Answer these two questions from this site:
4. At birth, how much larger is a typical male brain compared to a female brain?
5. Have researchers proven whether there are any significant differences between male and female brains in adulthood?