NBB 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Olfactory Receptor, Visual Cortex, Vomeronasal Organ
14 Apr 2016
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Prompt: explain how the human brain has evolved as part of an embodied system for interacing with social and material surroundings. Be sure to clarify what is unique about human cogniive adaptaions, and use this comparaive insight to explain what is unique about the human niche. Recall: humans are adapted to the terrestrial habitat which has inluenced our brains and bodies. Big brains evolved later in hominin evoluion, paricularly with the homo genus. Chimps eaing plants and nuts, someimes huning red-collared monkeys v. hunter-gatherer socieies eaing roots, cooked foods, seeds and huning larger animals. Brainstem helps with necessary involuntary life funcions (breathing) Cerebellum neural network that has lexible development for learning more complex motor movements (ex. Diencephalon: hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus at help with language, sensory informaion to contribute to our memory. Decussaion: sensaion sends signals to brain"s somatosensory cortex for its awareness/feeling. Right side of brain receives info from let opic nerve.
