3D Brain Model

Front of 3D Model

Side View of 3D Model (Left Hemisphere: Front - Back)

Back View of 3D Model

Top View of 3D Model (Right - Left)

Half Cut View (Right Hemisphere)

Half Cut View (Right Hemisphere)

3D Brain Model Video

1. Frontal Lobe – responsible for cognition, recent memory, and planning of movement

2. Motor Area – largely responsible for the body’s voluntary movement

3. Broca’s Area – responsible for the production of language and speech

4. Parietal Lobe – process motion and spatial relationships

5. Somatosensory Area – bodily sensations involving spatial location and attention

6. Somatosensory association area – encompasses specific locations associated with the ability to perceive touch and pressure in a particular area of the body.

7. Occipital Lobe - vision

            8. Visual Area – responsible for processing information about sight

            9. Visual Association Area - associated with vision

10. Temporal Lobe – hearing and advanced visual processing

            11. Primary Auditory Area – responsible for hearing

            12. Wernicke’s Area – responsible in articulating speech and processes the thought you want to communicate;        understand words.

13. Left Hemisphere – controls right side of body. Usually concentrates more on tasks that require verbal competence, such as speaking, reading, thinking, and reasoning. Tends to process information sequentially, one bit at a time.

14. Right Hemisphere – controls left side of body. Own strengths in nonverbal areas such as the understanding of spatial relationships, recognition of patterns and drawings, music, and emotional expression. Tends to process information globally, considering it as a whole.

15. Cerebellum – responsible for body movement, balance, coordination, and fine motor skills.

16. Pons – governs sleep and arousal

17. Medulla Oblongata – regulates breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and reflexes

18. Amygdala – involved in fear and the discrimination of objects necessary for organisms survival

19. Pituitary Gland – regulates many activities of other endocrine glands

10. Hippocampus - largely responsible in processing and storing memory

21. Hypothalamus – maintains homeostasis and regulates vital behavior such as eating, drinking, and sexual behavior.

22. Thalamus – acts primarily to relay information about the senses between lower and higher brain centers

23. Pre-Frontal Cortex – governs higher brain function such as thinking, learning, and consciousness as well as planning, reasoning, and self-control.

24. Basil ganglia – clusters of neurons that control and coordinate voluntary movements and habitual behavior

25. Corpus Collosum – bridge of fibers passing information between the two cerebral hemispheres

Developmental: Two Letters

To my dearest son, Larry Jr.,

          Ever since I was a little girl I always dreamed of how my future would turn out and what it would be like to grow into an adult. I dreamt the day that I would find and marry the perfect man, your father, and begin a family of my own. To be able to witness an infant, with my genes, grow from a fetus in my womb to a mature adult would be my ultimate success.

          After dad and I became financially stable in both of our professional careers, we decided it was time to expand the family. On June 24^th 2020 when your father and I saw you for the first time, we experienced a new kind of joy that is so hard to put into words, it was unforgettable. One day, if you are lucky enough, you will experience the same joy of bringing your own little one into this world.

While we were filled with this new excitement, we understood the responsibility that would follow. Once you were born, there was a lot of adjusting your father and I had to do. The extra load of responsibility required us to be flexible with our hours, making sure we were able to provide for food, clothes, our home, and other necessities that may come our way, while leaving room to spend as much time with you as humanly possible. Dad and I knew that getting married and starting a family is what we wanted, and we weighed our pros and cons to prepare us for any challenges that we may face. That is why we decided to successfully accomplish our goals in our career and become financially established, so that money would be the last thing we would have to worry about as a family. You are a strong-willed and the most intelligent 18 year old I know and I could not have been happier to see how mature you have grown. Turning 18 is not just a turning point for you in your life, but also for us as parents. You are living proof that love, care, support, and attention is what made our parenting skills legitimate.

         I am so proud of you. I trust that you will always follow your passion, no matter what it may be, as long as you understand the pros/cons of your decisions. I wish for you to be successful in your future career and to learn to be financially stable as you mature with age, and to ultimately be happy. Always have a hungry appetite for learning, for this curiosity could lead you to infinite possibilities.

Loving You Always,

Mom

Joann Nguyen

Dear Mom and Dad,

               Everything that I have accomplished so far would not have occurred without your full love, support, and dedication towards being hard workers. Both of you have taught me love, sacrifice, sharing, respect for myself as well as others, and most importantly have set the basis for my morals. My motivation comes from watching how hard it may have been raising me and my older sister while still being hard workers to provide everything for the family. Your non-selfish ways are a lesson in itself, for you both would rather supply your two children with toys and luxuries rather than to spend it for yourselves, because seeing us happy makes you happy.

Although I would not change a thing about the way you two have raised me, I always felt a sense of over security. Growing-up I felt a bit socially awkward and shy. I feel that this characteristic came from my mom and dad being over protective of their youngest little girl and this hindered my experiences in expanding my social skills. I noticed that this made me feel as though I lagged behind others who were similar to my age. However, at the time I did not feel as though I was being too protected from the ‘real world’, but I do now understand where you two are coming from. Losing two children before me is a moment no parent ever wishes to undergo, yet both of you have endured that loss before I was born. I can only imagine how heavy hearted you two have felt and I understand how this experience has changed your ways of parenting.

Through my growth from a young child into a young adult, both of you have mainly influenced my social and moral development. Being Catholic parents with Catholic values, my basis and structure for my morals were molded. As parents, you two have set the foundation of my values and as I grow and endure my own experiences, I continue to build the blueprint for my morals.

               I never say this enough, but thank-you! Thank-you for always being there for me and supporting me no matter what choices I have made. Thank-you for loving me and my sister to the fullest without making us feel less loved than the other. Thank-you for being the best parents and child could possibly ask for. Thank-you, especially, for giving me the gift of life and the potentials of having a successful future!

With All My Love,

Your youngest daughter

Joann Nguyen

{From Left to Right: My older sister, my mom, my dad, me}