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Brain Map Activity
Answer Key

Drugs and alcohol affect different parts of a person's brain in different ways. Using the resources on the following websites, complete the activity below.

NIDA Information on Drug Abuse

Brain Basics: Know Your Brain

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The brain is divided into different sections, or lobes, each of which perform different functions. Below is a list of the basic functions of each lobe.

Frontal:
    short-term storage site
    controls voluntary movement
    transforms thoughts into words

Parietal:
   receive information about temperature, taste, touch, and movement from the rest of the body
    controls reading
    controls arithmetic

Occipital:
    processes images from the eye
    links information from images to images in memory

Temporal:
    receives information from the ears
    forms and retrieves memories, including musical memories
    integrates memories and senses, like taste, touch, sight, and sound

Cerebellum:
    controls body's vital functions, like respiration and heart rate
    coordinates movement in learned rote movements

Your task is to complete the chart below, filling in the missing information. Some information may be true to several drugs. Some of the drugs and lobes will be used more than once. Fill in the Drug Effects column with the effect that matches the drug and the lobe that is affected by the drug. Be sure to use the links provided above as references for this activity, along with any other references that you may find on the resources page in this Webquest.

Complete the table below using the following drugs and lobes:

Alcohol         Tobacco         Marijuana         Methamphetamine      Cocaine
Frontal          Temporal      Parietal            Occipital                      Cerebellum

Substance:	Drug Effects:	Lobe affected by Drugs:

1. Alcohol	impaired balance and coordination	frontal
2. Marijuana	impaired memory and learning	temporal
3. Methamphetamine	aggression, violence	frontal
4. Cocaine	abdominal pain, headaches	Parietal
5. Tobacco	irritability due to addiction	parietal
6. Alcohol	slowed thinking and reaction time	frontal
7. Cocaine	Chest pain, respiratory failure	Cerebellum
8. Marijuana	Increased heart rate, anxiety	Cerebellum
9. Tobacco	impaired sense of taste and smell	Parietal
10. Methamphetamine	impaired memory and learning	Occipital

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