Use the following example to discuss information flow through the lower and middle brain structures.
Andrew, a 25–year-old graduate student, is lying quietly outside on his porch sunning himself, and he has fallen into a light sleep. Large black bumblebee bumps into his lower left leg, waking him. Describe the brain structures involved in:
· waking him (the RAS)
· processing the information about the bee (the thalamus),
· generating a “fight or flight” response (the hypothalamus and amygdala),
· allowing him to simultaneously shoo the bee away while moving his leg out of apparent danger (the cerebellum)
· sending a message to his somatosensory cortex and frontal lobes for conscious processing
Note: Do not discuss processing in the cortex. Get Social Science help today
