My Brain Map

An interactive infographic by Open Colleges

Cerebral Cortex

1. The frontal lobes are humans' central command center. They control humans' personality and where problem solving, memory, language, impulse control, and judgement occur.

2. There have been studies that show that the intelligence level depends on how selective you are when remembering information. This is called selective attention, which makes our working memory capacity to be greater as it allows us to prioritize important information.

3. The frontal lobe is the last part of the brain to develop. To prevent the brain from deteriorating, we can do exercises to prevent the front lobe from deteriorating.

4. The neocortex governs our senses, spatial awareness, and motor skills. This part of the brain is more receptive to environmental enrichment than other parts; therefore, too many tasks for the brain will be too challenging for the brain.

5. The role of the pre frontal cortex is to organize our thoughts and actions to match cohesively with internal goals. The pre frontal cortex has a huge part in controlling our personality, including how we behave in social situations.

6. The pre frontal cortex helps us keep our goals of each task in mind while multitasking.

7. The Broca's area is associated with speech and language development. There have been studies that suggest tongue twisters may improve the functioning of the Broca's area.

8. The somatosensory cortex is responsible for thinking the following: “Is it hot in here or is it just me?”

9. The visual cortex helps to differentiate colors and distinguish complexities.

10. The dpital lobe is the brain's visual processing center. There are different regions in the occipital lobe that have different functions, such as sensing motion and differentiating colors. If one of your lobes become damaged, it might result in partial blindness, total blindness, difficulty of differentiating colors and even hallucinations.   

11. If my temporal lobes were damaged, I might forget where I parked my car to get to class or where the bus stop is.

12. The“fast brain” refers to the eye fields. The eye fields control eye movements and help the brain register information very quickly. 

Neuron
13. Exercise and a healthy diet provide many benefits for our brain to function. Other studies have shown that socializing is also another factor in healthy brain function.

14. The dendrites' lifespan is influenced by your experience which is laid by your input activity. Using the multi-sensory or multi-modal learning, which help us engage in storing data about a particular activity, affects the lifespan of the dendrites.

15. Studies show that using the "big picture" will help us full understand a subject, and then break the subject into its relevant parts. Using mnemonic devices also help us remember personal, humorous, spatial, or relatable information about a topic in order to recall the information at a later date.

16. Glutamate plays a key role in learning new information and storing long term memory. It is also essential for studying our brain, making the glutamate have more benefits than other neurotransmitters.

Limbic System
17. The corpus callosum is where we get our oral language skills and the ability to comprehend how language is structured.

18. A study showed that children who practiced music for two and a half hours per week showed increase in 25% of their corpus collosum, indicating that the two hemispheres of the brain were communicating more effectively due to the musical practice.

19. The thalamus is important because it is responsible for motor control, sensory information, and states of consciousness. It also relays information from the senses and sends the information to the cortex; it also processes information too.

Relate and Review
After watching the tutorial, I learned that the corpus collosum is in charge of our oral language skills and ability to comprehend the structure of languages. In order to improve upon these skills, I can always start to play an instrument, such as the piano or violin, in order to increase the functionality of my corpus collosum. Other structures of the brain I learned were the frontal lobes, the thalamus, the occipital lobe, and the visual cortex. The frontal lobes govern our central command system, controlling our personality and problem solving skills. The thalamus relays information from the senses and sends information to the cortex, making the this structure an invaluable part of the brain. The occipital lobe is the brain's visual center that is designed to sense motion and differentiate colors. The visual cortex also helps to differentiate colors.