Art, sort of

[jedusor]

My art history teacher assigned a "theme sheet" for this week; essentially, a piece of paper with doodles representing a person's main interests. He wanted it to focus mostly on academic interests. Here's what I came up with:



The purple/red bits, from left to right, and the aspects of them and their functions that interest me:
-Prefrontal cortex--judgment/decision-making, analysis, social behavior, planning.
-Nucleus accumbens--rewards, pleasure.
-Pituitary gland--oxytocin (a hormone that might have something to do with orgasms, trust, and love).
-Amygdala--emotional memory.
-Thalamus--sleep and consciousness.
-Postcentral gyrus--somatosensation, including pain and proprioception.
-Cerebellum--sensory integration.

The background is a crossword grid on the left and a Go board on the right. Go isn't really all that important to me--it's on there because I liked the way it looked with the crossword grid, and it sort of represents both games and, in a roundabout way, fandom.

Comments

[rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd intended a Masyu grid and I was going to lecture you sternly about the rules. ;-)

[imagines.livejournal.com]

I recognised it as Go! ...but not as a crossword grid. So I only half beat you. :p

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

I got you both beat— I initially identified the brain as a bug-eyed alien dude with a long nose (a.k.a. brainstem).

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not an artist. >.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a fine brain, my face-recognition circuits just took over for a second.

[lunacow]

As a counterexample, I recognized all the bits just fine! Neat picture.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Even the nucleus accumbens and the postcentral gyrus? Impressive. :P

[imagines.livejournal.com]

That is so damn cool.