Your brain has many functions and each part of your brain is responsbile for some aspect of your functioning. It is important to understand the link between the brain and the psychological functioning such as emotions, memory, thoughts, intelligence, sensation/ perception, and many more. This assignment provides an opportunity to investigate one part of the brain of your interest, conduct research, and share your findings.
Directions:
STEP 1: Pick one part of the brain that was introduced in Chapter 3: Biopsychology from the list below and be sure to read the information in the book about this part of he brain.
- Cerebral Cortex
- Corpus Callosum
- Limbic System (Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Amygdala)
- Frontal Lobe
- Occipital Lobe
- Parietal Lobe
- Temporal Lobe
- Cerebellum
- Medulla
- Broca’s Area and Wernicke’s Area
- Pituitary Gland
STEP 2: Do some background research and then find at least one journal article that provides more insight into that part of the brain.
Use the library resources to locate journal article. Following these steps would help you locate such an article.
- Go to: HCC’s Library Page
- Click on ‘Research Resources’ and then ‘Research Databases’
- Then find Psychology Databases under subject
- Choose either ‘Proquest’ or ‘Academic Search Premier’
Under this database, you will be able to find an article of your interest: search by keywords but make sure it is an empirical article. An article published on the internet, in a magazine, or a blog, is not an empirical article even if it claims to be based on research.
STEP 3: Take notes on some of the aspects of your research. Pick out some of the details about the part of the brain, the result from an experiment, the importance of some research, or the pull out some favorite insights, graphs, or charts—whatever you choose (NOTE: You do not have to summarize all your research). Your objective is to create an interesting visual to present what you found (think: infographic, posters in a doctor’s office) so that an outside observer could quickly learn something from looking at the visual.
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