MEET THE EXPERT
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PSYCHOLOGY
1
a
Work with a partner. Howmuch do you know about
the human brain? Do the quiz.
4
Work in groups and discuss the questions.
1
Why might someone have a brain scan?
2
Dr Jack Lewis talks about the benefits of neuroscience
in treating stroke patients and dealing with chronic
pain. What other benefits do you think it can bring to
medicine?
3
How else can a better understanding of the human
brain help us?
11
CULTURES
1
Work with a partner and discuss the questions.
1
Which foods and drinks are popular in Bahrain?
2
Are there any traditional dishes you think people from
other countries wouldn’t like?
3
Which of these dishes have you tried? Did you like them?
chicken tikka masala chop suey fish and chips
fortune cookies insects McDonald’s
roast beef sweet and sour chicken
2
11
Watch the interview with Anna Colquhoun,
a culinary anthropologist, and match the names of
dishes in Exercise 1 with the descriptions below.
1
Something British people would find disgusting
2
Two things brought to the UK by immigrants
and
3
A dish ‘from abroad’ that was actually invented in
the UK
4
Two Chinese dishes popular in the USA
5
US food popular in China
3
a
Watch the interview again and make notes in
answer to these questions.
1
What does Anna’s job involve?
2
Why is food important in our culture?
3
What processes move food across borders?
4
How does McDonald’s reflect changing social
relationships in China?
5
What is the actual effect of ‘McDonaldisation’ on food
in Europe?
3
b
Compare your notes with a partner.
4
Work in groups amd discuss the questions.
1
Do you think that the ‘McDonaldisation’ of culture
has led to more homogenous types of food, or, like
Anna, do you think it’s had the opposite effect? Can
you think of any examples?
2
What other areas of culture might experience
‘McDonaldisation’? Is this a good or bad thing?
3
4
5
4
1
1
FMRI stands for Functional
Resonance
.
2
At the smallest level, neuroscience studies how
molecules
.
3
At the highest level, neuroscience studies how
cells communicate.
4
The two types of MRI scans are
and
.
5
Looking at images activates the
of the brain,
while listening to music activates the
of the brain.
6
Neuro-economics is concerned with how we make
decisions.
7
Neuro-economics tells us a lot about the
we make.
8
After strokes, some people are able to
parts of the brain to take over different functions.
9
Some types of chronic pain aren’t generated by damage
to the body, but inside the
.
10
Brain scans help chronic pain sufferers to show people
that the pain is really
.
1
b
Check your answers with your teacher. Did you
find any of the facts surprising?
2
10
You are going to watch an interview with Dr
Jack Lewis, a neuroscientist who studies the human
brain. Watch the interview and put these topics in the
order that he talks about them.
a
Neuro-economics
b
How neuroscience helps medicine
c
Brain scans
d
What neuroscience involves
3
a
Work with a partner and look at the notes below.
Can you remember the missing information?
3
b
Watch the interview again and complete the
missing information.
THE HUMAN BRAIN
