Emily Grau

October 30th 2013 Period 2M

Ms. Leahy Psychology/Brain Internet Search and Discover Follow ALL Directions: Today's exercise is designed to take your through some excellent sites about the brain and help you review and understand the ideas for the unit. Complete each section before moving on to the next one. Go to my web site to access all these specific sites without having to type in each link. Shttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/from/sleep.html This link examines why teens sleep so differently than other people. Read the first several sections and explain what the research says about teens and sleep. Just before puberty, that biological clock helped teens stay alert at night when they should have been falling asleep. o The biological clock of pre-teens shifts forward, creating a "forbidden" zone for sleep around 9 or 10 p.m. It is propping them up just as they should be feeling sleepy Teens actually need as much or more sleep than they had gotten as children o Teens have a kind of sleep trough in the mid-afternoon and then perk up at night, even when they didnt have a nap. The brain consolidates and practices what is learned during the day after the students (or adults, for that matter) go to sleep. studies show is that learning a new task, whether it is sports or music, will be greatly helped by getting a good night's sleep and that students' ability to remember things, be it a lesson on geometry or the causes of the Second World War, is mediated by sleep. Putting good sleep habits into practice is particularly difficult for teenagers. Not only do their own circadian rhythms fight against going to sleep early, but many teens don't have any control over the time they wake up. o Sleep experts say dimming the lights at night and getting lots of daylight in the morning can help. Having a routine bedtime of 10 p.m., sleeping in a cool environment and turning off music, the Internet, and televisions would help to reset the body clock. And though sleeping in is a good thing, trying to get up after only an extra hour or two is a lot better than "binge-sleeping" on the weekends. If a student is used to getting up at 6:30 a.m., they shouldn't sleep until noon on the weekend. That simply confuses their bodies. And lots of sports helps, too -- better earlier in the day than late.

Site 2: The Brain in 3-D Form-- http://www.g2conline.org/ --once here, look to the right and view the 3-D brain section This link shows the brain in 3-Dimensional form. Play with the simulation to get a feel for the brain and how parts relate to one another. Do this and read the descriptions at the right of the page. Spend about five minutes doing this. Name three things you learned about the brain by using this tool. Cognitive disorders include: ADHD, Alzheimers, autism, bipolar diso rder, depression, and schizophrenia. However, these disorders are not concentrated in one area of the brain, they are widespread throughout the gross structures.

2. During REM sleep, the body becomes paralyzed in order to prevent us from performing movements in our sleep.

Emily Grau

October 30th 2013 Period 2M

3. The hippocampus not only stores long-term memories but transitions them to permanent memories and also plays an important role in spatial navigation.

Site 3: Brain Scanshttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/scanning/index.html This link explains in detail and great color just how science can scan the brain. What does each do and HOW does it achieve its measurement of the brain. EEG CAT One of the first methods of non-invasive Combines many 2-D x-ray images to create 3human brain activity observations D images of internal organs and body structures, including the brain. An EEG records electrical signals made by the brain by hooking up electrodes to the The subject must be placed in a particular subjects scalp. doughnut-shaped x-ray machines that move around the subject while taking many The electrodes pick up brains naturally different x-rays. produced electrical signals and send them to galvanometers, which are hooked up to pens Brain CAT scans can show brain damage and that trace the signals onto graph paper. local changes in cerebral blood flow. An EEG allows researchers to follow electrical impulses across the brain, show that state person is in, and how long it takes for the brain to process different stimuli. PET MEG PET scans allow for the observation of blood A new technology that measures faint flow and metabolism in any part of the brain. magnetic fields the emanate around the head as a result of brain activity. The subject is injected with a small quantity of radioactive glucose Magnetic detection coils bathed in liquid helium are placed over the subjects head. The PET scans show the absorption of the The brains magnetic fields induce a current radioactivity from outside the scalp. in the coils, which induces a magnetic field in A computer uses the data to create a map of an instrument called a superconducting the brain, highlighting areas of high activity quantum interference device, or SQUID. with red and areas with low activity blue. MEG(s) cost millions of dollars but provide the most accurate resolution of the timing of nerve cell activity. fMRI/MRI In an MRI, the subject is placed on a moveable bed that is inserted into a giant circular magnet. An MRiI realigns hydrogen atoms and the atoms

Site 4: Brains in the News--http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/inthenews.html Neuroscience for Kids--in the News Choose one of the articles and give a four-six sentence summary of its contents.
Chicken Dance Chicks Recalled May 31, 2013

The CSPC has reported that the retailer Fred Meyer has recalled the Chicken Dance Easter Chicks because they may have caused hearing damage. It has been speculated that the music produced by the toys can reach high levels such as to pose danger to hearing by exceeding the standard limit for noise. It is a CSPC standard for toys that make

Emily Grau

October 30th 2013 Period 2M

noise close to the ear not to exceed 65 decibels or for toys that make continuous noise, but are not close to the ears to not exceed 85 decibels. 1,000 toys were part of the recall, but no one has reported any injuries as a result of the Easter Chicks.

Neuroscience for Kids--Neuroscience Games Choose a game that is for kids in high school. Play it and report back as to what you learned from it. Neuro-Jeapordy The adult human brain weighs approximately 3 pounds or 1.4 kilograms. Memory loss, dementia, depression, and social withdrawal; plaques and tangles are the symptoms of Alzheimers. Epilepsy is characterized as an electrical brainstorm. Excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations are the symptoms of Narcolepsy. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs Disease) is characterized by weakness, paralysis, death of neurons in the motor cortex and spinal cord; named for famous baseball player Lou Gehrig. The sensory receptors in skin are free nerve ending, pacinian corpuscles, and ruffini endings. The photoreceptors of the eye are located in the retina.

Site 6: Topic of Your Choice Scan the article titles on this page. Make a list of topics (at least 8x) the magazine is currently offering. http://www.sciam.com/sciammind/ 1. Gluttony: Are We Addicted to Eating? 2. Envy: The Feelings Can Help Us Even When It Hurt 3. Sloth: To Stop Procrastinating, Focus on Emotions 4. Greed: How Economic Selfishness Harms Us All 5. History of Sin: How it All Began 6. Wrath: How Intamacy Can Breed Violence 7. Lust: Sexual Desires Forge Lasting Relationships 8. Pride: It Brings Out The Best- And Worst- In Humans. Site 7: Medical News Today ArticleSearch this site for articles dealing with the brain (easy search box at the top). Choose and article. Choose one and create a mini-report (summarize in 4-6 sentences on the article topics about which you read). http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ Number of patients declared brain dead decreasing The percentage of patients who progressed to neurological death stood at 8.1% in 2002 and 9.6% in 2004, but it reduced to 2.2% in 2010. Patients suffering from traumatic brain injury saw the biggest decrease in neurological death during the course of a study involving 2,788 patients from Alberta, Canada. The study authors suggest that correlating reductions in traffic collisions and increases in improved care may have had an impact on the reduction of the number of patients suffering neurological death. The researchers say although it is positive news that the number of people suffering neurological death has reduced, these findings have negative implications for the number of organ donations and transplants.According to the researchers, organ donations after neurological death account for around 50% of all kidney transplants, 75% of liver transplants, 90% of lung and pancreas transplants, and all heart and small bowel transplants.

Emily Grau

October 30th 2013 Period 2M

Site 8: Sheep Brain Dissection http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html This link takes you through the dissection of a sheep brain and the connection to that of a human brain. Please take key notes (at least 8) that are important to understand the brain.

Site 9: Society for Neuroscience: http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts Take a look at the page. Choose one of the topics under main page. Read that section and summarize it here.

Optical Illusions Sites Go to the following links and experience the world of optical illusions. What do you see what illusions grab your attention and why http://www.grand-illusions.com/ 1.

What is happening to you when you view these illusions? What is your reaction to it? http://www.youramazingbrain.org/supersenses/illusions.htm