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LOE

FRONTAL LOBE

In the front

In charge of: Reasoning Planning Problem solving Basic movements Responses to emotional situations

PARIETAL LOBE

Behind frontal lobe

In charge of: Touch Pressure Temperature Pain

TEMPORAL LOBE

Underneath Frontal and Parietal Lobes

Hippocampus

Wernicke’s Area

In charge of: Memory Smell Hearing Object categorizing

OCCIPITAL LOBE

Behind Parietal and Temporal Lobes

In charge of: Visual Color Movement

CEREBELLUM

Underneath Temporal and Occipital Lobes

Controls:

Balance

Posture

Memory storage

BRAIN STEM

Connected to Spinal Cord

Nerve signals: Touch Itch Vibration Pain

In charge of: Central nervous system Heart Respiratory system Sleep cycle

DID YOU KNOW? Mike the Headless Chicken survived 18 months after his head was

cut off because his farmer wanted to eat him! He survived because his brain stem was still in tact!*

When you burn your hand a signal goes to your brain stem instead of your brain to save some cells!

*Watch the video on the next slide to learn more about Mike

VIDEO

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Look at the bar in the picture. It looks like at each end of the bar it’s a different color. Well that’s false! When you cover everything in the picture besides the bar you can tell the bar is only gray. It’s monochromatic. It happens because one side of the background is darker than the other, so your brain thinks the bar changes color too.*

These lines don’t look parallel right. False again! Your brain looks at the short lines that make an impression of depth. The brain also bends the lines toward and away from each other. The brain also increases the angles between the lines.1

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Thank you for watching our PowerPoint on the parts of

the brain!~Alyssa and Chloe