Thursday, September 8, 2011

Weeks 2-3 Research Activities – (Sept. 5 - Sept. 18):

Working memory is the ability to actively hold information in the mind needed to do complex tasks such as drawing, reasoning, comprehension and learning. Theories exist both regarding the theoretical structure of working memory and the role of specific parts of the brain involving in working memory. Research identifies the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, and parts of the basal ganglia as crucial.
I was advised to stare at Figure 2.6 on page 57 for 5 minutes with a break at 3 minutes for 20 seconds (no cheating?). This wasn’t hard because for five days I looked and read about human brains, and this task wasn’t hard. I use Adobe Photoshop to draw the brain picture below. I used the pencil tool, and the eraser tool for about thirty minutes. Below is the first brain that I draw, and it is almost close, but not close. I use Microsoft Word to place the text in each lobe. I was not able to color the parts with the brush too. So I will use the colors that are here.

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