Given: Handout: You need to look for the handout in class or use the link below or on the Moodle: [Use pages 14-21].
Action: Answer the questions after having read the handout for this homework. For this homework assignment, you are to read the handout:
V.S. Ramachandran: The Tell Tale Brain
- What kind of messages the Spinal Chord send?
2. What do the Medulla and the Ponds do?
3. What does the cerebellum do? What happens if this part of the brain becomes damage?
4. In your own words, how does a servo-control-loop work?
5. What do the thalamus and basal ganglia do?
6. What is the function of the occipital lobe? How many subdivisions does this region have?
7. What are the temple lobes specialized for?
8. What is the job of the Wernicke’s area?
9. What happens in hemi-spatial neglect?
10. What happens in somatoparaphrenia?
11. What is the right parietal lobe involved in? And what part of the brain is responsible for creating body image?
12. What is the left angler gyrus (part of the left parietal lobe) involved in? What do lesions of this area eliminate?
13. What does damage to the anterior part of the frontal lobe result in?
14. What do mirror neurons do according to Ramachandran?
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