Psychology 120 The Brain

Front 1

What are the three key structures of the hindbrain?

Back 1

Medulla
Pons
Cerebellum

Front 2

What structure of the brain is responsible for life survival functions (breathing and heart rate)?

Back 2

Medulla

Front 3

What structure of the brain is responsible for respiration, movement, walking, sleeping, and dreaming?

Back 3

Pons

Front 4

What structure of the brain is responsible for coordination of fine muscular movements, balance and some aspects of perception and cognition?

Back 4

Cerebellum

Front 5

What division of the brain regulates basic movement patterns (eating, drinking, etc), sleep and arousal?

Back 5

Midbrain

Front 6

What structure of the brain runs through the hindbrain, midbrain, and brainstem and screens incoming information and controls arousal?

Back 6

Reticular formation

Front 7

What structure of the brain is responsible for the collection of upper-level brain structures?

Back 7

Forebrain

Front 8

What are the structures of the forebrain?

Back 8

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Limbic system
Cerebral cortex

Front 9

What structure of the brain is responsible for relaying sensory messages to the cerebral cortex?

Back 9

Thalamus

Front 10

What structure of the brain is responsible for emotions, drives, and regulating the body’s internal environment?

Back 10

Hypothalamus

Front 11

What structure of the brain is an interconnected group of forebrain structures involved with emotions, drives, and memory?

Back 11

Limbic System

Front 12

What structures are in the limbic system?

Back 12

Hippocampus
Amygdala
Hypothalamus

Front 13

What structure of the brain is involved in establishing long-term memory?

Back 13

Hippocampus

Front 14

What structure of the brain is involved in memory and emotion, particularly aggression?

Back 14

Amygdala

Front 15

What structure of the brain monitors blood to determine the condition of the body?

Back 15

Hypothalamus

Front 16

What structure of the brain is a thin surface layer on the left and right cerebral hemispheres regulating most complex behavior, including sensations, motor control, and higher mental processes?

Back 16

Cerebral cortex

Front 17

What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Back 17

Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal

Front 18

What lobe of the brain is involved in movement and thinking?

Back 18

Frontal lobe

Front 19

What lobe of the brain is involved in touch sensations and perceiving spatial relationships?

Back 19

Parietal lobe

Front 20

What lobe of the brain is involved in visual perception and processing?

Back 20

Occipital lobe

Front 21

What lobe of the brain is involved in processing sounds, including speech, and possibly involved in long-term memory?

Back 21

Temporal lobe

Front 22

What lobe of the brain receives and coordinates messages from other lobes and is responsible for motor control, speech production, and higher functions, such as thinking, personality, emotion, and memory?

Back 22

Frontal lobe

Front 23

Who is Phineas Gage?

Back 23

Miner who suffered a frontal lobe injury

Front 24

What lobe of the brain is responsible for interpreting bodily sensations?

Back 24

Parietal lobe

Front 25

What lobe of the brain is responsible for audition, language comprehension, memory, and some emotion control?

Back 25

Temporal lobe

Front 26

What is the bundle of nerve fibers connecting the brain’s left and right hemispheres?

Back 26

Corpus callosum