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18 Cards in this Set
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Forebrain |
The brain’s highest, largest, and most forward part.
Can be divided into 4 parts: Thalamus Basal Ganglia Hypothalamus
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Limbic System (2) |
Important to memory and emotion
It's two principle structures are the amygdala and the hippocampus. |
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Amygdala (3) |
A sort of awareness center.
It fires selectively at the site of appropriate food, mates, and social rivals.
Involved in emotional awareness and expression. |
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Hippocampus |
Involved in the formation and storage of memories.
People who have hippocampus damage cannot retain any new memories after the damage. |
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Thalamus |
Function is to sort through information and send it to the appropriate place in the forebrain.
"Post office" |
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Basal Ganglia |
Works with the cerebellum and cerebral cortex in coordinating voluntary movements. |
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Hypothalamus (6) |
Monitors: eating drinking sexual behavior emotion stress reward |
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Cerebral Cortex (3) |
Part of the forebrain
the outer layer of the brain
responsible for the most complex mental functions, such as thinking and planning |
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Neocortex (2) |
The outermost part of the cerebral cortex.
Makes up 80 percent of the cortex in the human brain. |
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Occipital Lobe (2) |
located at the back of the head
involves and responds to visual stimuli |
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Temporal Lobe (2) |
located just above the ears
are involved in hearing, language processing and memory. |
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Frontal Lobe (2) |
located behind the forehead
involved in personality, intelligence, and the control of voluntary muscles. |
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Prefrontal Lobe (2) |
located at the front of the motor cortex
involved in higher cognitive functions such as planning, reasoning, and self-control |
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Parietal Lobe (2) |
Located at the top and toward the rear of the head
involved in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control |
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Somatosensory Cortex (2) |
located at the front of the parietal lobes
A region in the cerebral cortex that processes information about body sensations |
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motor cortex (2) |
located just behind the frontal lobes
A region in the cerebral cortex that processes information about voluntary movement |
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Association Cortex (2) |
processes information about sensory input and motor output
involved in thinking and problem solving |
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Corpus Callosum |
a bundle of axons that connects the left and right hemispheres
"Bridge" |
