1. Discuss how biology and experience together enable neuroplasticity. Did you know about this phenomenon before?(please first read the section related to neuroplasticity and watch both TED talks in the lecture slides)
2. Describe how neuroscientists study the brain's connections to behavior and mind.
3. Discuss the extent to which a damaged brain can reorganize itself, and define neurogenesis.
4. Why do you think our brain evolved into so many interconnected structures with varying functions? (Right-Left Differences in the Intact Brain)
5. Discuss whether it is true that 90 percent of our brain isn't really used.
6. Think back to a stressful moment when you felt your sympathetic nervous system kick in. What was your body preparing you for? Were you able to sense your parasympathetic nervous system's response when the challenge had passed? (The Peripheral Nervous System)