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Here are the lyrics (words). The most important parts are in red.
This is a song about parts of the brain
I'm singing it to memorize the names
The ideas here may be simplistic
but matching meaning and rhyme is a tough logistic
The Cerebral Cortex has four
main lobes
With names from the nearby skull bones
Frontal does the
thinking
Occipital deals with
vision
Parietal senses
objects and
Temporal listens
Inside these lobes there's specialties like
Broca's Area, which
produces speech.
Wernicke's Area handles
language comprehension,
and the Motor Cortex is for moving with intention.
The Sensory Cortex handles perception
of touch, pain, temperature and
proprioception.
There's two outer brain parts that are distinct.
They may seem separate, but everything's linked
The Cerebellum does balance & coordination
and has our memorized-movement archive.
The Brainstem sets heartbeat & respiration
and other things that we need to survive
The brain's inner parts are unique.
Cut the Corpus Callosum to take a peek
The Thalamus handles signal routing
and the Amygdala's emotions can have you shouting.
The Hippocampus does our long-term
memory saving,
and the Hypothalamus makes our sex and food cravings.
The Anterior Cingulate Cortex learns from mistakes
and in controlling movement, the Basal
Ganglia is the brakes.
The brain parts list is much longer, indeed
But for my class assignment this is all I need
Author's comments:
There's so much here packed into 3 minutes, that I recommend repeated viewings/listenings for anyone wanting to use this song as a memory/learning aid. The song is actually pretty catchy if you listen enough, although there's no exact repetition like most pop songs.
Questions to think about:
What do we call the two halves of the brain? Which parts of the brain are most important for language? The brain is plastic. What does that mean? What happened to Sarah Scott? Who helped Sarah Scott to recover? What happened to Jill Bolte Taylor? Why was Dr. Taylor so excited about it?
