Psychology 1: Brain And Behavior

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Medulla

Back 1

Base of the brain, controls life sustaining functions such as breathing, blood pressure, heat rate, and digestive and and circulatory systems

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Pons

Back 2

Relays messages from the brain to the brain stem. Responsible for relaxation, sleep, and dreaming

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Reticular Formation

Back 3

Plays an important role in controlling arousal and awareness and focusing on something.

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Cerebellum

Back 4

Means "little brain." Coordinates muscle movement plays an important role in balance and learning.

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Thalamus

Back 5

Like a "switchboard" it sends sensory information (except smell) to appropriate areas of the brain

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Hypothalamus

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It directs several maintenance activities like eating, drinking, and body tempeture.

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Hippocampus

Back 7

Processing and storage of memory

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Amygdala

Back 8

Linked to emotions of fear and anger

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Corpus Callosum

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Connects the right and left hemispheres and allows communicated between the two

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Sensory Cortex

Back 10

Located in the pariental lobes; registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

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Motor cortex

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Located in the frontal lobes; controls vouluntary movement. Top of the motor cortex controls lower half of body and bottom of motor cortex control upper half of body.

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Frontal Lobe

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Located right behind the forehead. Ivolved in higher order thinking particularly judgement

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Pariental Lobe

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Located in the back of the head. Includes areas that receive information from the visual fields.

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Temporal Lobe

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Located right above the ears. Reception and interpretation of auditory stimuli.

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Broca's Area

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Located in the frontal lobe. Controls one's ability to speak (speech production).

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Wernucke's Area

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Located in teh temporal lobe. Concerned with comprehension of Language (ability to understand language).

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Brain Stem

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Oldest part of the brain responsible for automatic survival functions (Medulla, Pond, Reticular Formation, & Cerebellum).

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Limbic System

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Associated with emotions, drives, and memory (Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, & Amygdala).

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Cerebral Cortex

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Thin layer of interconnected nuerons covering the cerebral hemispheres. Divided into 4 lobes (Corpus Callosum, Sensory Cortex, Motor Cortex, Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, & Temporal Lobe).