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16 Cards in this Set
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Frontal Lobe |
Initiating, planning and modulating behaviour, strategic thinking and problem solving |
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Parietal Lobe |
Spelling and numerical processing, short-term memory, being able to attend to things, facial attention, and processing information from skin senses |
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Temporal lobe |
Memory and knowledge |
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Occipital Lobe |
Visual processing |
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Brain Stem |
General arousal, breathing and heart rate |
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Cerebellum |
Fine motor control and balance |
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Thalamus |
Relays information to and from the cortex |
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Medulla Oblongata (medulla) |
Contains centres for the control of vital processes such as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and swallowing |
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Pons |
Controls the brains overall level of attentiveness, and helps govern the timing of sleep and dreaming |
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Hippocampus |
Responsible for learning and creating new memories |
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Hypothalamus |
Controls motivating behaviours like eating, drinking and sexual activity |
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Amygdala |
Plays a central role in emotion and evaluating stimuli, and conscious emotional experience |
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Limbic System |
A group of interconnected structures (including the amygdala and hypothalamus) crucial for emotion, motivation and many aspects of learning and memory |
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Fornix |
Connects the hippocampus to other parts of the limbic system |
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Cingulate Gyrus |
Limbic structure involved in emotion, learning and memory and reflexive emotions |
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4 Main Parts of a Neuron |
Dendrites: receive impulses and send towards cell body Cell body: contains metabolic machinery that keeps cell alive; synthesises special proteins Axon: transmits impulses to other parts of the body Terminal |
