Homework choices: Choose ONE of the following

1. Create an illustration which helps make the experiment described here clearer.

2. Explain what’s happening in the brain whenever you remember something in fifty words or less; include the terms fMRI and axons (which aren’t in the original article) and hippocampus in your response.

3. The article talks about people being asked to remember clips from TV shows and mentions how this shows exactly where “memories” are in the brain. How do you think skills differ from memories? How do you think the brain activity of a skill like reading or singing is different from the brain activity of remembering? Think about all the brain parts you’ve been learning about. What else must be happening in the brain when you are reading or singing?