Essay On Brain In The Brain

Have you ever thought about the complex process your brain goes through just to eat a slice of pizza? Most people will never know how complex consuming a slice of pizza is. Various parts of the brain are used from just thinking about feeling hungry and ordering the pizza, to after it has been consumed and the digestive process occurs. One must use many parts of their brain to accomplish all of these simple tasks. While I was sitting down, working on my Psychology homework for Professor Bacon, I realized I was quite hungry. The part of the brain that made me sense my hunger is the Hypothalamus. The Hypothalamus is part of the forebrain, directly below the Thalamus. It is responsible for motivation, and emotional responses such as hunger, thirst, sex drive, body temperature, rage, pleasure, and terror.
Then I thought “Wow, I could go for some good pizza right now.” The Insula controlled my desire for pizza. The Insula’s location is beneath the temporal lobe, deep within the lateral fissure, between the temporal and parietal lobes of the brain. This area of the brain is involved in addiction, desire, and the conscious expression of emotion.
After I decided I was going to get pizza, I had to remember where I got the best pizza. Using part of the brain called the …show more content…
I decided to get shrimp and garlic pizza. My favorite! To see the menu I had to exercise the Visual Cortex in my brain, which is located in the occipital lobe. To comprehend what I was reading uses a different part of the brain called the Wernicke’s area, which helps us understand spoken or written language. This area of the brain is located in the back of the temporal lobe. To make the decision of what I should order, the part of the brain called the Prefrontal Cortex was used. The Prefrontal Cortex is in the front part of the Frontal Lobe. The Prefrontal Cortex is involved in judgment, conscious awareness, and impulse