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Meninges
AKA Brain Membrains
1. Pia matter - inner
2. Arachnoid - middle
3. Dura matter - leathery outer layer
Reticular formation
Connects all major neural tracts to/from the brain
RAS : attention and conscious behavior
injury --> sleep disturbances, consciousness disorders (coma)
Midbrain
Superior colliculi - vision processing
Inferior colliculi - audition
substantia nigra - dopamine-rich area that projects to basal ganglia
injury --> paralysis, tremor, impaired memory
Basal Ganglia
Includes caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus
Translates cognition into motor action
injury --> abnormal involuntary movement
Limbic System
Includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, hippocampus
Involved in emotion, motivation, and memory
Cingulate cortex
Attention, response selection, pain, emotional behavior
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Which is input/output system?
a. Posterior regions
b. Anterior regions
a. Posterior regions = input systems, sensation perception
b. Anterior regions = output systems, execution of behavior
Broca's versus Wernicke's area
a. Broca's - production of speech, anterior
b. Wernicke's - comprehension of speech, posterior
Prefrontal cortex
Where all information is synthesized and leads to behavior
Involved in attetion
Behavioral problems w/ prefrontal damage: 1. Problems of starting 2. Problems w/ behavioral shifts 3. Problems in stopping 4. Deficient self-awareness 5. Concrete attitude