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This is your brain!
Splash! April 5, 2008
What are we doing today?
- Who are we?
- Introducing your brain
- Cool things we like about the brain
– Memory – Attention
- Real brains!
This is your brain! Splash! April 5, 2008 What are we doing today? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
This is your brain! Splash! April 5, 2008 What are we doing today? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
This is your brain! Splash! April 5, 2008 What are we doing today? Who are we? Introducing your brain Cool things we like about the brain Memory Attention Real brains! Who Are We? Name Grade Favorite
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Who Are We?
- Name
- Grade
- Favorite thing the brain does
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Introducing Your Brain
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What Does the Brain Do?
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What’s a Brain Made Of?
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The Neuron
input
- utput
processing communication
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How Does the Brain Work?
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Electrical Signals: Digital
The Action Potential! - how a message gets passed inside a cell from the dendrites to the axon
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Chemical Signals: Analog
Synapse Neurotransmitters (chemical signal) Action potential (electrical signal)
Synapse - where the axon of one cell passes its message
- n to the dendrites
- f another cell using
neurotransmitters
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From Sensation to Action
Your nervous system is like a relay race - passing on messages from one neuron to another, going from sensation to action
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The whole brain communicates to generate behaviors
video
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Your Brain is Specialized
Reasoning Reasoning and planning and planning Emotions Emotions Personality Personality Memory Memory Hearing Hearing Attention Attention Touch Touch Vision Vision Motor Motor coordination coordination Balance Balance
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