Psychology Brain Parts And Function

Front 1

hindbrain

Back 1

located above the base of the brain.

includes pons, medulla and cerebellum.

Front 2

pons

Back 2

located above the medulla.

involved with sleep, dreaming, arousal from sleep, breathing, coordination.

relays messages between the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum, and between the medulla and the midbrain.

Front 3

medulla

Back 3

controls vital functions such as swallowing, breathing, heart rate, blood rate, respiration, vomiting, salivating, coughing and sneezing. some parts are involved with sensations such as touch, pressure and vibration.

Front 4

cerebellum

Back 4

a cauliflower shaped structure located at the base of the brain. contains 80% of the brains neurone.

coordinates fine movements, regulates posture and balance. associated with learning and memory and helps create seamless, automatic movement

Front 5

midbrain

Back 5

receives information from eyes and ears and connects upper and lower brain areas through neural pathways. involved in movement, processing of visual, auditory and tactile sensory information, sleep and arousal.

Front 6

reticular formation

Back 6

helps screen information, alerts higher brain centres to important information. helps maintain consciousness and regulars arousal and muscle tone, alertness and modifies muscles movement.

Front 7

forebrain

Back 7

located above midbrain, largest structure of brain. interact through neural pathways between midbrain and hindbrain. includes cerebrum, hypothalamus and thalamus.

Front 8

hypothalamus

Back 8

helps maintain brain's internal environment by regulating release of hormones and influences behaviour associated with basic biological needs.

Front 9

thalamus

Back 9

relay station for sensory information, except taste. receives information from sensory organs and passes it to relevant pats of the brain for analysis.

Front 10

cerebrum

Back 10

cerebral cortex is its outer layer.

involved in complex mental abilities. primarily responsible for cognitive processes such as learning, memory and thinking.

Front 11

cerebral cortex

Back 11

involved with complex mental abilities, such as perception, learning, memory, language, thinking and problem solving.

Front 12

cerebral hemispheres

Back 12

two almost symmetrical brain areas running from the front to the back of the brain.

Front 13

left hemisphere specialisations

Back 13

receives and processes sensations from right side of body.

controls voluntary movements on right side of body.

verbal tasks such as speech production, comprehension, reading, writing.

analysis such as maths sequential tasks, evaluation.

logical reasoning

Front 14

right hemisphere specialisations

Back 14

receives and processes sensations from left side of the body.

controls voluntary movements from left side of body.

non verbal tasks and processing the whole, rather than bits.

spatial and visual thinking such as solving a jigsaw puzzle, map reading, visualising a location.

creativity, fantasy, appreciation of art and music, recognising emotions.

Front 15

primary motor cortex

Back 15

coordination of movement

Front 16

primary somatosensory cortex

Back 16

receives tactile information from the body

Front 17

parietal lobe

Back 17

touch, detection of movement, pressure and pain

Front 18

frontal lobe

Back 18

reasoning, planning, speech production, emotions, personality, memory and problem solving

Front 19

occipital lobe

Back 19

vision

Front 20

primary visual cortex

Back 20

detection of visual stimuli

damage can mean difficulty in processing visual information

Front 21

wernicke's area

Back 21

language comprehension

damage can mean difficulty in comprehension of the language.

Front 22

broca's area

Back 22

speech production and articulation

damage will mean a lack of fluent speech

'broc-ken' speech

Front 23

primary auditory cortex

Back 23

detection of sound

damage can mean difficulty in processing auditory information

Front 24

temporal lobe

Back 24

hearing, recognition of faces

damage to right temporal lobe can result in difficulty recognising faces

Front 25

what is missing from this table?

CNS PNS Function

satellite cell supportive

ogliodendrocyte insulation,myelination

microglia -

Back 25

Front 26

hippocampus

Back 26

development of long term memory

Front 27

amygdala

Back 27

production and regulation of emotions

Front 28

olfactory bulb

Back 28

interprets chemicals, smells and occurs

can trigger memories due to location, which is near emotional centre

Front 29

corpus callosum

Back 29

connects left and right hemispheres of the brain, enabling them to communicate