How to learn major parts of the brain quickly

Learn how the brain works in 5 minutes using only your hands.
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Topics:
- Cortex, gray matter
- White matter
- Corpus Callosum
- Brainstem
- Spinal cord
- Frontal Lobe
- Parietal Lobe
- Occipital Lobe
- Temporal Lobe
- Limbic system
Adapted from Susan J. Shapiro’s “The Ultimate Portable Brain Model” in the Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology Volume Four, edited by Ludy Benjamin, Barbara Nodine, Randal Ernst, and Charles Broeker.
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[@rin8558]

You're telling me that this guy just succinctly explained in 5 minutes the concepts that took my university an hour to teach to me? Genius, I love this so much. Thank you!

This is exactly 👍 what I was looking for🇺🇸💙. Thank you Dr.

[@omich0101]

"Genius is simplicity itself."

[@rjodo1]

Novel approach; I have been practicing medicine for 3 decades and never seen the hands used to demonstrate brain anatomy--love it!

[@drali]

Thank you so much!

[@cobro7396]

But how can they designate the reasoning, heart rate, emotions part of the Brain? Dissecting is on a dead brain? How can they determine this?

[@cobro7396]

Where will I get a response, if any?

[@j1b00m7]

@@cobro7396 I assume they found out with lab animals as they would use electrodes to stimulate certain parts of the brain. They found whatever part of the brain regulates the heart by stimulating a specific part of the brain.

@@cobro7396I hope you find the answer. 💙🇺🇸

[@Luna_LU6546]

Teacher: "what do you have to present your class?" Me: "MY HANDS"

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[@jazzlynnpersonal8092]

I am a visual learner and i forget things that i cant go over on a weekly basis. And i think this will truly help! Thanks so much!

[@drali]

Glad it helped!

[@berniv7375]

Original and effective learning technique. Thank you for the video.🌱

[@skipskidoodles7804]

Frontal lobe -conplex amd abstract thoughts, control of emotions, Parietal lobe -navigation, touch Occipital lobe - visual information Temporal lobe - sound and touch Lymbic system - emotions, leaning and memory Amygdala -basic emotions Hippocampus -learning and memory

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Best thing I've heard all day!

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You just made my life easier , Anatomy and Physiology class was actually driving me nuts.

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Yes i agree! Super smart ways teaching as well👍

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[@capsfox]

This is a nice approach! And I generally bring my hands with me places, so it'll be easy to keep track of. ^_^

[@drali]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@Itania333]

OMG same! I also bring my hands with me to places! We must be twins! :D

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Itania333 me too!

[@dinesharjun5927]

Great

[@emilywood5549]

I take my MCAT in 72 hours and have been having so much trouble remembering brain anatomy for the past few months. This is a lifesaver, I will definitely be doing this during the exam!!

[@tellau]

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[@chuulover69]

im in a psychology online college class rn, and it's so hard to understand anything while reading so much of a huge textbook. watching this helped me SO much I feel like I understand so much better now! thank you :)

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I will never look at my hands the same ever again thank you so much 😊

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This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for such an intuitive lecture.

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Oooh, this is great! Definitely using this in future... Glad to see you and Brooke teaming up. Keep up the great work!

[@drali]

Thanks for your kind words and thanks for sharing!

[@oliviawalter1]

This helps me so much to comprehend!! I have been trying to understand the brain for when I take my anatomy test, and this sums it up perfectly. Thank you!

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Wow I'm currently learning those brain parts and this is ...genius !! Simple and complete, everything someone as lazy as I am need ! ^^

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[@jakeb.6487]

Thanks so much, Doctor! Currently struggling with brain anatomy in Biological Psychology, but this really helped me start to remember the exact locations of each area! Thanks for making this succinct video!!

[@alinelizz]

Wow! I guess I'll remember this forever! I love this method and it has made things so much more easier!! Thank you so much!💕

[@drali]

So happy it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@janetlindsey456]

What a clever way of briefly explaining the functions of the brain! You now have another subscriber! I am ready to learn more, Doctor. I’ll never look at my hands the same way!

[@imjustmartyn4961]

Extremely simplified and visually beneficial, aided me in swiftly understanding the fundamentals of brain anatomy and provides the convenience of having the model accessible at all times. thanks for this

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You are a life saver!! I have my science test tomorrow and even though I did all the homework I still didn't understand it. Now I do. Thank You soo much. If I could like this more than one I would!!

[@drali]

Good luck on your test! Thanks for watching and for the kind comment 😀

[@charlotteparker5872]

Thanks, I did well on my science test and used this method all the time :)

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Oh my gosh! You are helping me sooo much with this🙌🏾, thank you for all of the succinct info and a clear way to memorize all of it. You're amazing!

[@smrutibodhi3284]

Thank you soooo much. I know the areas and functions but after this video, I'm pretty sure that I'll never forget them either.

[@emilyzhang4643]

Thank you for making this so easy to learn! Really helped out with my unit test.

[@drali]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.

[@michelleyiz]

I love your demonstration of the parts of the brain, great work! It's very effective in learning about the brain and will help me for my psychology brain quiz next week. Cheers!

[@drali]

Hope your quiz went well!

[@zennie3222]

i so wish teachers create better methods to understand topics like this. this actually makes sense than reading powerpoints THANK YOU FOR THIS

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This is the most simple, and yet informative presentation I have ever seen !! Excellent!!

[@ritakarpati4134]

When he was holding away his thumb from the rest of his fingers I was thinking: "No, don't remove that parietal lobe, you monster!" Very credible demonstration.:)

[@drali]

Haha, sounds like it was an effective demo! Thanks for watching!

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This is a perfect explanation! I'm going to use it from now on, thank you very much)

[@drali]

Thanks! I'm happy it helped!

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I luv the clear and easy to think of approach. So much easier to visualise. Especially when you think about how the right and left brain are intertwined.

[@hannahlillis236]

Thanks! These sorts of physical, slightly goofy devices work really well for my learning style. Extremely helpful!

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You’re amazing! Thank you!!! I’ve been having trouble remembering the brain! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@drali]

Thank you for watching!

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Wow you are a really good teacher wow am glad I came across your tutorial please make more of these videos as a medical student it will help me too much thanks so much sir

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Thanks for watching!

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Thank you so much! One the best videos I have seen that has helped me remember as a visual learner all the parts/functions of the brain, very helpful!

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great video, and a great teaching/presentation style! using the body, good memory cues, and requiring no props and little prior knowledge! 👏👏

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This is by far the simplest explanation to remember all those parts! Good stuff, man.

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Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

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Thank you for watching!

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I am a research nurse and this just makes brain anatomy so simple!! Thanks!!!!!!

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This video came at the perfect time, I have a test on this in my psych class on Monday!

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Dude I'm not a smart person when it comes to stuff like this but you explained that amazingly well for me to comprehend I probably been watching the past few days video and trying to learn how it works but you jus simplified it.... You did that man

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So glad to hear this video helped you learn about the brain! Thanks for watching and for your feedback!

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Glad it helped!!

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[@drali]

Thanks so much for watching! I'll add that to my list of future episodes. In the meantime, "Phantoms in the Brain" by Sandra Blakeslee and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and most books by Oliver Sacks will give you a fantastic introduction into this topic.

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Helped so much before bio quiz. You should include a quiz section at end or in comments to help us retain. Thank u so much for creating this❤️

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

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Am I the only one who can not bend their thumb in a 90 degree angle like this guy?

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me too

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Right, maybe he is double jointed or something. I don't think it's normal the have that range of motion.

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Me too. I have straight thumbs. Don't have that joint like everyone else around me. 🤷

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Several hours of reading and it only took me 5 mins of video to get it. You have earned my subscription. I hope you have a video on cranial nerves or prepping one :)

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loved it. clear, simple, helpful. Thank you for the video

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Really nice very helpful to me to understand parts of brain

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[@drali]

Thanks!

[@drali]

What questions do you have about the brain?

[@sergiosanchezpadilla1418]

1. Is it possible to "buy" a brain? If so, how much would it be? 2. So, that which we usually think of as the "brain" is only the cortex, but the cortex is only a fraction of the brain, right? 3. So, what would the main difference be between the "subcortical" regions and the cortical regions? Are the former more primitive? 4. I've heard that the brain has no pain nerves, so we can't feel anything on it, but then why do we have headaches in the head and feel pain in the head when we go to sleep too late? (are the brain veins the ones "feeling" the pain?) 5. Can different neurotransmitters act on the same single neuron? or each neuron responds to only one kind/type of neurotransmitter? For example, are there certain neuron networks specialized to react to dopamin? or any neuron network is (in principle) capable of "feeling" the dopamine?

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lol

[@dannichols6261]

#2: Yes, the cortex is just a part of the brain, albeit a VERY important part! The brain is made up of the CEREBRUM, of which the outer ~1/10" (1 - 4.5 mm at different locations) is the cortex (outermost surface of brain tissue); the CEREBELLUM (which hangs below the cerebrum at the rear; and the BRAIN-STEM, which comes up from the spinal cord into the center of the brain. There are also sub-cortical grey-matter NUCLEI, like the thalamus, basal ganglia, amygdala, etc. #3: cortical simply means RELATED TO THE CORTEX (which itself means the outside of the brain, other than the meninges which cover it like 'skin'), so the cortical regions are just the regions of the cortex. And sub-cortical means BELOW THE CORTEX, which is the white matter axonal-projections to & from the cortex, and various grey-matter nuclei spotted within the white matter. #4: it may be that headache pain is sourced in the meninges, the 'skin' that covers the brain. #5: ooooo! I dunno, but that's a GOOD question! I hope someone gives you a good answer!

[@nelliharshita469]

+Zerxyo Sánchez Each neurotransmitterbinds specifically in a lock-and-key mechanism to its type of receptor.Neurons in different pathways willoften have different types ofreceptors in a given family. its still not clear for me...i just googled and pasted it here :D

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The Psych Show why it stops right before the examination 😂

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Very effective learning method. THANK YOU!

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Great explanation... Brilliant

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I was doing the hand gestures with my hands in class during a kahoot game. Needless to say, I won.

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Awesome to hear!

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Brilliant!!!THANK YOU😊❤

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This is so helpful for my upcoming test for Psychology! :)

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Corpus collosum aka corpus close-em get it 😏 hippocampus -you learn on campus

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I haven’t heard those mnemonics before!!!! Love it!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Pov: ure having exams tomorrow 😂

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Thanks for this video! Really helpful, especially when it came to biopsychology!

[@ashleypenn7845]

A perfect addition to our homeschool anatomy lesson. Thanks so much!

[@dg-hughes]

The backs of my hands aren't darker, I need to go outside more often :(

[@drali]

Or perhaps you naturally have a much lighter skin tone than me? That would make the contrast between the two sides less noticeable.

[@sreelbalinc1]

Same here, that's the first thing I thought... like the backs of my hands are literally lighter than my palms. I was like... well this might not work... lol.

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How is that possible!? 😷

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David Hughes - Same. I thought this can't be good for my brain! Lol

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Haha yea same. The back of my hands are lighter than my redder palms, and I'm not a light-skinned dude (see profile)

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Amazing explanation

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Thankyou for the informative presentation, this is superb,I mean it aids in efficient learning and understand

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Great video and great introduction to the brain!! Just what I was looking for.

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This video is genius! I was so struggling to learn it but you've hacked the basics. Thank you

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Wow. So nicely and so beautifully it can be explained we never thought. You are so

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'Hands down' this is the most creative method I've seen on the brain structure and function. thanks!!

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You are a lifesaver, man. Thanks a lot

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I have my psych exam on Monday and this helped so much 🥺

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Thank you very much for sharing it to us! Really a great help to memorize some parts of the brain.

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Brilliant explanation.

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i have been searching for a way to tell apart the different lobes because they all look the same to me and this really helped.

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Amazing explanation!!🤓

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This trick made me so easy to learn. Thank you ♥️

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