Functions of the Brain

For this exercise, assume that you play cards (bridge, poker, old maid….) in your leisure time. It is a Friday evening and you and three of your friends decide to have a friendly game. While playing, you are munching on chips and dip, drinking vast quantities of Coke, and gossiping about the love life of numerous friends at Rowland Hall. Using the following table: (1) identify the general brain functions at each site. Then (2) explain how that site would be specifically involved in playing cards with your friends.

Brain Site

General Function

Specific Involvement

Hypothalamus

 

 

 

   

Occipital lobes

 

 

 

   

Reticular Formation

 

 

 

   

Cerebellum

 

 

 

   

Parietal Lobes

 

 

 

   

Corpus Callosum


   

Medulla

 

 

 

   

Temporal Lobes

 

 

 

   

Frontal Lobes

 

 

 

   

Thalamus

 

 

 

   

Amygdala

 

 

 

   

Hippocampus

 

 

   

 


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