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Brain Book: Unit1
Functions
What does the brain do?
The brain is your body's control center. It receives information from the outside world, processes it, and then sends out messages making you feel or do different things.
Involuntary Functions (the things you do without thinking about it)
Breathing, heart-rate, blood-pressure, dreaming
Breathing, heart-rate, blood-pressure, dreaming
Voluntary Functions (the things you do by choice)
Moving, looking, listening, speaking, singing, drawing, and so on.
Moving, looking, listening, speaking, singing, drawing, and so on.
Sensation & Perception
Receive information from eyes, ears, skin, nose, mouthTurn these signals into perceptions: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting Learn more
Receive information from eyes, ears, skin, nose, mouthTurn these signals into perceptions: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting Learn more
Emotions
Feel happy or sad, mad or grateful, embarrassed or proud, excited or bored, love or hate
Feel happy or sad, mad or grateful, embarrassed or proud, excited or bored, love or hate
Learning and Memory
Take in new knowledge and skills Recall past events or facts
Take in new knowledge and skills Recall past events or facts
Abstract Thinking
High-level thinking, like math calculations, reading and writing
High-level thinking, like math calculations, reading and writing
Planning and Decision-making
Make plans for the future, decisions, and judgments about the world
Make plans for the future, decisions, and judgments about the world
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