Memory+Mania

Memory! Make sure that Turning Points 2000/This We Believe is woven in.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/

Cortex: few millimeters thick -contains 70% of brain cells, highest cognition level -Cell bodies make it 'gray matter', connects through axons, allows for transmissions through cell bodies Function: -Prefrontal cortex: working memory -Associates sights, sounds, feelings with long-term memories (processed in hippocampus, Greek for 'seahorse' (fitting because it's spiraled)

Requires nurturing from 18-20.... not even fully developed until between 22-35. Brain stem- reptilian brain, directs very basic functions (heart rate, breathing, metabolism, sleep/awake cycles) Fight or flight: amygdala and hypothalamus in limbic area (above brain stem) -controls emotions -Limbic area = amygdala, thalamus (sorts information), hypothalamus (regulates information), pineal gland, pituitary gland, mammillary bodies, cingulate gyrus.

http://homeworktips.about.com/library/quizzes/bltypeab.htm

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Work on finding pages in the book, packet for website