What We Thought About How We Thought

What We Thought About How We Thought

So Phineas arrives in Boston alive. How do people take it?

Multiple Choice

All of the doctors in Boston are convinced of Phineas's story when they meet him.

• true

• false

Would you have wanted to be a patient in this time?

Multiple Select

Check the box of all things present or true about the "daguerreotype" Josiah Hawes took inside the operating room at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

• There are women present.

• Doctors are able to take their time operating due to the use of anesthesia.

• Doctors must restrain surgery patients with leather-covered chains and/or powerful assistants to hold them down.

• The doctors are wearing street clothes.

• The doctors are wearing surgical gloves, masks, and booties.

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Multiple Choice

Which statement best represents the Boston doctors' understanding of the brain?

• They have not studied the human brain at all.

• They have studied the human brain but have not developed any theories about it.

• They have studied the human brain and developed theories about it.

• They have studied the human brain and proven a specific theory about it.

Multiple Choice

______ first suggested that the brain is responsible for thinking, feelings, and basic free will.

• Franz Josef Gall

• The ancient Greeks

• Dr. Henry Bigelow

• The team of scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital

Multiple Choice

The brain weighs about 3 pounds

• true

• false

This is half a brain.

On top and in front in the cortex. In the back and underneath are the cerebellum and the brain stem. On the bottom of the cortex is the limbic system. In Phineas's case, the tamping iron passed through the frontal cortex, leaving the rest of his brain relatively unharmed.

Multiple Choice

What keeps many of your automatic functions going, like your breathing and heartbeat?

• corpus callosum

• limbic system

• cortex

• cerebellum

• brain stem

Multiple Choice

Without which piece of your brain would you be unable to walk upright, touch your finger to your nose, or turn a page of a book?

• corpus callosum

• limbic system

• cortex

• cerebellum

• brain stem

Multiple Choice

Where do you think, remember, learn, imagine, read, speak, listen, and dream? See what your eyes transmit? Smell what your nose smells? Taste what your tongue tastes?

• corpus callosum

• limbic system

• cortex

• cerebellum

• brain stem

The two hemispheres of the cortex

The two hemispheres specialize in different mental skills, but brain functions are not as neatly divided as they appear. Phineas's tamping iron struck the left hemisphere first but also grazed the right hemisphere on the way out. He lost something from both sides.

The brain cortex is like a city; every part has an address.

Instead of a city's west or east side, the cortex has a left and right hemisphere. The folds and ridges in the hemispheres are like cross streets, and medical students must memorize every one.

Multiple Choice

The largest part of the cerebral cortex. Located at the front of the brain.

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Multiple Choice

Controls functions such as speech formation, movement, and reasoning

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Multiple Choice

Helps to process sensory information, particularly your sense of touch.

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Multiple Choice

Located near the rear of the brain. It helps you to understand and react to what you are seeing.

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Multiple Choice

Damage to the ________ can lead to changes in social and emotional behaviors.

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Multiple Choice

When it’s time to listen to spoken words or to any other sounds, you use your this lobe to understand what you are hearing. And don’t forget that many memories are stored away in this part of the brain.

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Are you more competent than a doctor in the 1800s who didn't wash their hands?

Should we be worried for your patients?

Multiple Choice

Rosie Cheeks, a young woman in her mid-twenties, is rushed into your emergency room. She was found wandering the park in a confused manner. She doesn't think anything is wrong, other than her head hurts and she is having difficulty moving her arms.

Doctor, where is the problem most likely located?

• brain stem

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• cortex

Multiple Choice

Bill Loney, a retired history history teacher, is rushed in clutching his chest and breathlessly tells your nurse he is having heart problems.

Doctor, where is the problem most likely located?

• brain stem

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• cortex

Multiple Choice

While attempting to create a makeshift explosive in his garage, Adam Baum is injured when it prematurely detonates. He enters your emergency room with poor balance and difficulty walking.

Doctor, where is the problem most likely located?

• brain stem

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• cortex

Multiple Choice

While playing in the park and climbing trees he was clearly not supposed to, a young boy named Dan Druff has been rushed in with a large bump on his head. When he sees his parents at his side, he has trouble recalling their names. Upon further questioning, he even has difficulty remembering his address!

Doctor, where is the problem most likely located?

• brain stem

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• cortex

Well? Did your patients survive?

Also, let's see who just earned their teams starting pickle points for the next round of Survivor Island!