How does the brain work?
Each Brain Lobe Has Different Functions.
1. The FRONTAL LOBE and motor areas (decision-making, planning, transmit body movement information and regulates excesses of emotional system.
2. The PARIETAL LOBE relays tactile sensations and/or pain, plays a key role in how we orient ourselves in space socially and physically, and is also involved with information processing - Orientation, Calculations, Recognition.
3. The TEMPORAL LOBE regulates auditory processing, memory, physiological processes and mood.
4. The OCCIPITAL LOBE is where visual information from the eyes is processed.
1. The FRONTAL LOBE and motor areas (decision-making, planning, transmit body movement information and regulates excesses of emotional system.
2. The PARIETAL LOBE relays tactile sensations and/or pain, plays a key role in how we orient ourselves in space socially and physically, and is also involved with information processing - Orientation, Calculations, Recognition.
3. The TEMPORAL LOBE regulates auditory processing, memory, physiological processes and mood.
4. The OCCIPITAL LOBE is where visual information from the eyes is processed.
Each Brain Hemisphere focuses on different tasks.
Watch this RSA Animation on The Divided Brain Take the Left/Right Brain Quiz
Watch this RSA Animation on The Divided Brain Take the Left/Right Brain Quiz
Neural Plasticity
Adolescents have the potential to experience the Largest Brian Growth since being an infant
The brain develops from the bottom to the top and the back to the front
- The last part to develop is the frontal lobe - decision maker.
Adolescents have the potential to experience the Largest Brian Growth since being an infant
The brain develops from the bottom to the top and the back to the front
- The last part to develop is the frontal lobe - decision maker.
What teens do impacts their potential brain capacity
Critical to challenge teens to develop their frontal lobes to develop critical thinking & good decision making skills. |
Environment Effects Brain Growth
ENRICHED environment increased cell weight of brain, increased branching of dendrites, and stronger connections.
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IMPOVERISHED environment decrease in cell weight of brain, possible loss of cells, and dendrites diminished.
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Educators are responsibility to challenge teens to think critically - to help teens grow their brains to their fullest potential.