Friday, January 23, 2009

54321 #2 (T.P.T)

COMMENTS
*AS A PERSON GETS TO PUBERTY ITS FRONTAL LOBE BEGINS TO GROW
*MORE COMPLEX FUNCTIONS LIKE REASONING, MOTIVATION AND JUDGEMENT APPEAR GRADUALLY IN CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE.
*DURING TEENAGE YEARS THE BRIAN CAN BE EASILY WOUNDED BY ITS SURROUNDINGS.
*THEY SAID HUMANS ARE MADE TO IMITATE.
*ONE DOCTOR SAID IF YOU CANT INHIBIT YOUR BRAIN FROM RESPONDING TO EVERY URGENT E-MAIL, YOULL NEVER FORGET TO DO YUR HOMEWORK AGAIN.
QUESTIONS
*HOW DO SCIENTIST KNOW IF A TEENAGERS BRAIN IS MESSED UP WHEN THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL?
*DO THEY STILL HAVE THESE BRAIN SCANNER PROJECTS TODAY?
*WHEN DID THE FIRST BRAIN SCANNER FIRST COME OUT?
*WHERE IS THE UCLA?
VOCABULARY
*SOCIOECONOMIC-Of or involving both social and economic factors
*LIMBIC SYSTEM-a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
*CORRALLING-to collect, or gather
LITERARY TERMS
*IMAGERY-I COULD PICTRE THE GUY AS A KID WITH HIS FRIENDS AND THEY WERE SLIDING DOWN THE ICY HILL IN SHOPPING CARTS
*METAPHOR-THE NEUROLOGIST SAID THE BRAIN IS REALLY AN INHIBITION MACHINE.
OVERALL STATEMENT
*THIS PART WAS ABOUT PARENTS EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY WERE KIDS AND HOW THEY DID FOOLISH THINGS TOO.

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