The Human Brain

Inside the Teenage Brain:  (video shown in class)  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/view/
In your blog, write a response to the video - minimum 200 words including at least one picture which represents your topic.  Video response #1

Brain Power (part 1 of 5 videos):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGJzHKXDa4   

3-D view of the brain:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/index.html

Phineas Gage Websites:   
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXiM-nDYzX0 --- video clip from class

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Phineas-Gage-Neurosciences-Most-Famous-Patient.html?c=y&page=2 --- article from smithsonian magazine

http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/the-incredible-case-of-phineas-gage/ 

Important Dates: Week of November 29th-December 3rd

There will be a short quiz on Tuesday and Friday of this week.  Both quizzes will be on the information covered in class (that you wrote down on your charts).  Tuesday's quiz will cover Pavlov, Watson, Classical Conditioning and Behaviorism.  Friday's quiz will cover Thorndike, Skinner, Law of Effect and Operant Conditioning.

Your information charts on our theorists:   http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011

The Limits of the Human Brain

When the human body/brain are pushed to extremes we find out that the brain is capable of things we never imagined.  Watch the videos to find out what your brain is able to achieve.

Video Response Questions (completed in class):    http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011

Topics for Discussion - Nature vs Nurture (videos for class)

Six segments from the BBC entitled "The Mind of a Murderer": Details case studies of criminals convicted of murder and the biological/environmental factors that may have caused the brain damage thought to be responsible for the actions of the murderers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_u3PH-7oAg  Seg 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHpGEGSnGDA&feature=related  Seg 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZupNkYTcKM4&feature=related  Seg 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZX4jfbQSE&feature=related  Seg 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJl2qHrt6gI&feature=related  Seg 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXR-PtM_eCU&feature=related  Seg 6

A "60 Minutes" story detailing the possible biological connections to homosexuality (2 segments.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pvAk7Zz5U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS6J_gg89ms&feature=related