SCENARIO #6 After an operation to relieve epileptic seizures, Felipe was able to
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SCENARIO #6
After an operation to relieve epileptic seizures, Felipe was able to function quite normally, if he makes sure that each side of his brain knows what is going on. If he doesn’t, Felipe finds that his left hand literally doesn’t know what his right hand is doing.
Which part of Felipe’s brain was the focus of the operation that would result in this lack of internal communication?
SCENARIO #7
Charita was a rising star in the design world because of her fine and intricate hat designs. She never told anyone that her inspiration came from watching birds build their nests. Charita suspected that both she and the birds had one well-developed brain structure responsible for fine motor movements in common.
Which structure could this be?
SCENARIO #8
In a study of schizophrenia that monitored glucose use of the brains of patients who were having hallucinations (they were hearing nonexistent voices), researchers discovered activity in a particular brain area.
Which technique did the researchers use to monitor brain activity?
In which lobe of the brain did the researchers find activity during the hallucinations?
SCENARIO #9
Sheila answered the phone and heard a female voice wailing loudly. She instantly became aroused for the voice sounded like her sister’s. Could she be in trouble? Does she need help? However, when Sheila checked her phone’s caller identification feature, she recognized the phone number. It belonged to the family down the street whose ten-year-old twins were known to make prank phone calls.
Which branch of Sheila’s nervous system caused her body to become ready for action?
Which branch of Sheila’s nervous system calmed her body down once she recognized that there was no crisis?
SCENARIO #10
Harold was brought to the hospital emergency room after the accident. Although he was breathing, no one was able to arouse him to consciousness. After several days of no change, nurses performed a procedure to check general electrical activity in Harold’s brain. Unfortunately very little brain activity was detected.
Which brain structure kept Harold breathing?
Because Harold was comatose, which brain structure was probably not functioning? What brain monitoring technique was used on Harold?
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Scenario 6: it is likely that the Corpus Callosum was involved in Phillipe’s brain surgery. The Corpus Callosum helps the right and left hemispheres of the cerebral hemispheres to communicate with one another.
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