1. Complete the chart below, indicating which lobe/part of the brain is related to the description.
| Function | Structure or Lobe |
| touch and sensation | |
| reasoning | |
| hearing | |
| breathing and heartbeat | |
| connects right & left hemispheres | |
| balance and coordination | |
| "the reptilian brain" | |
| emotions | |
| speech perception | |
| sight | |
| brain's relay station | |
| the "third eye" | |
| cycling sex hormones | |
| shaped like an almond | |
| seahorse shaped | |
| long term memory | |
| short term memory | |
2. Label the lobes of the brain.
View the illusions for Movement, Color, Angles, and Form. Explain the following
3. Why does an upside down picture appear correct, even though it is not?
4. In a grid of black squares, why do dark spots appear in the white background?
5. Explain how angles can distort the perception.
Virtual Sheep Brain Dissection
6. The outer layer of the brain is called the _______________________________, which means _____________________
7. Why is "white matter" white?
8. What is the function of the axons?
9. Where is long term memory processed?
10. Where is short term or "working memory" processed?
11. Where are skill memories processed?
If You're Going to Rob a Bank
12. What three people were camoflaged by adding different hair?
13. What was wrong with the picture of the team?
14. Explain why wearing a wig is a good way to hide your identity.
Test your ability to tell a real from a fake smile. (Under Personality & Individuality)
15. Take the test to find out how well you do on spotting a real smile from a fake smile. (Don't forget to play the movies on each one) How well did you do? ____________________
16. What part of the body is best observed to determine whether a smile is real or fake? ___________________________
17. What evolutionary advantage might there be for people to NOT know a real from a fake smile? ____________________________
Take the memory test on medium difficulty and 13 words (Under Intelligence and Memory)
18. How well did you do on the test? _____________________
19. Read Andi Bell's memory training technique and take the test over. How well did you do the second time? ____________________________
Take the Quiz to determine what kind of a Thinker you are. (Under Intelligence and Memory)
20. What kind of thinker are you? _____________________________________________
21. Name some other people that are this type. _____________________________________________
22. Look at other thinking styles and fill out the chart below.
| Description | Type of Thinker |
| Use language to express oneself | |
| Appreciation of different types of people | |
| Understand problems of the natural world | |
| Understand the world in terms of cause and effect | |
| Understand moral and ethical implications of problems | |
| Spends time trying to understand themselves | |
| Aptitude for working with hands | |
| Feels strong connection between music and emotions | |
| Tend to think in pictures | |
23. Do you think that the description of your thinking style matches yourself? Why or why not?
Take the Test on What Sex is Your brain
24. What is the sex of your brain? _____________________
25. Men are usually good at _______________________________ & ______________________________
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