Critical Thinking Exercise â€“ Analysis of the Brain â€œLetâ€™s eat pizza!â€ Â Imagine that you are...

Critical Thinking Exercise â€“ Analysis of the Brain

â€œLetâ€™s eat pizza!â€

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Imagine that you are eating your favorite piece of pizza. Analyze what parts of your brain are functioning in order for you to eat the pizza. Make a 3-coloumn chart of

(1) a brain structure that is included in this single act,

(2) a brief description of the general responsibility of the brain structure, and

(3) a brief explanation of the role that the brain structure plays in eating pizza.

Note: One point will be earned for each part accurately listed with its proper function and role. In other words, list 15 structurs.

Expert Solution

Brain structure	General responsibility	Role in eating pizza
1. Hippocampus	Involved in processing and storing long term memory	To remember my favorite type of pizza
2. Brain stem	Controls heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing	Controls my heart rate and breathing pattern when I am eating pizza
3. Amygdala	Perceiving emotions	Help me to perceive the flavor of my pizza and find out if i want to eat more
4. Parietal lobe	Responsible for language, reading, and sensory	Help me to order the pizza
5. Frontal lobe	Responsible for smell, behavior,and movement	Powerful desire to eat pizza by recognizing the favourite smell
6. Temporal lobe	Involved in both visual and auditory memories	Aids in memorizing the ordered pizza and see how it looks
7. Occipital lobe	Involved in controlling vision	helps to visualize my pizza
8.Cerebellum	Controls Posture, balance, and co-ordination	aids with balancing my gait and posture during eating pizza
9. Limbic system	Regulates hormone release from different glands	controls the amount of pizza I eat
10. Thalamus	Relay signals, controls attention, consciousness, and attention	aids with thinking about the amount of pizza I can eat
11. Medulla	Controls heart rate, breathing, swallowing, and digestion	Aids with enjoy my pizza after eating it
12. Midbrain	Regulates body movement, vision, and hearing	Strong desire to eat pizza while hearing about it
13. Pons	Sensory processes (communication with other part of brain )	Provides signals to analyze if the pizza is good
14. Cerebral peduncle	Controls voluntary motor function	Aids with identifying if i need to eat another slice of pizza
15.Hypothalamus (ventromedial)	Controls appetite by sending signals	Helps me to identify that stomach is full and have had enough pizza

Sydney Mullin answered 3 months ago

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