Dr. Wendy Suzuki
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's really good to see what it looks like.
So what I've brought is a real preserved human brain.
This belonged to somebody.
It defined how they saw, felt, laughed about, talked about the world.
It was their whole being.
It defined their personal histories.
And so this is a very precious example.
It's preserved in formaldehyde.
Her name is Betty, and she is the most photographed preserved human brain on the East Coast.
But to put some locations to the names.
Yes, please, because we talk about all these different areas of the brain.
If Betty was in my head, she'd be sitting right here.
So this is at the front, right behind my forehead is right here.
This is called the prefrontal cortex, critical for your ability to shift and focus attention.
Personality is here.
Humor is here.
Emotional regulation is just down here on the bottom of the prefrontal cortex.
And if I flip it over,
Oh, wow.
This is the temporal lobe.