The Human Brain - Midterm 1

The Human Brain - Midterm 1

1. Lecture 1

   • The Social Brain Hypothesis
   • Evolution
     • Why do we have a brain?
       • Sea Squirt - brains require ENERGY!
       • Internal representation of external world
     • Why are our brains so large?
       • Scaling with body size - Allometry
       • Encephalization Quotient (EQ)
       • Adaptive
       • Result of a number of factors
     • Why do brains get larger?
       • Foraging Hypothesis
       • Cognitive Buffer / Intelligence
       • Sexual Selection
       • Machiavellian Brain
   • Is the human brain "special?
   • Limits on brain size
     • Energy requirements
       • Larger brains require more energy!
       • Expensive tissue hypothesis
     • Connectivity limits
     • Gestational limits
       • Maternal energy hypothesis
       • Obstetrical dilemma
   • Expensive Tissue - Brains are metabolically expensive

2. Lecture 2

   • Gross brain anatomy
   • Strokes
   • Functional Anatomy
   • Vascularl Anatomy

3. Lecture 3

4. Lecture 4

5. Lecture 5

6. Lecture 6

7. Lecture 7

8. Lectures 8 + 9