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BRAIN

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forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain parts of the brain
forebrain contains the cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system
midbrain important for both sensory and motor functions
hindbrain contains the medulla, cerebellum
medulla near brain stem, controls heartbeat, breathing and swallowing
reticular formation system of nerves running from the hindbrain, and through the midbrain to the cerebral cortex
reticular formation controls arousal and attention
reticular formation beneath the brainstem
cerebellum controls balance and maintains muscle coordination
pons relays messages between the cerebellum and cortex
pons dreaming, arousal, coordination of the left and right side of the body
hindrain medulla, reticular formation, cerebellum and pons
forebrain the limbic system
limbic system located inside the brain
limbic system involved in emotions, motivation, memory and learning
thalamus relays information from sensory organs to cerebral cortex
hypothalamus regulates the amount of fear, thirst, sexual drive and aggression we feel
hippocampus learning, memory and ability to compare sensory information to expectations
hippocampus looks like a seahorse
amygdala influences our motivation, emotional control, fear response and interpretations of non-verbal emotional expressions.
cingulate cortex primarily cortical component of the limbic system
cingulate cortex involved in emotional and cognitive processing
cortex outermost part of the brain
cerebral hempispheres the two hemispheres of the brain
occipital lobe visual information and is connected to the eye muscles
temporal lobe coordinated with time
frontal lobe higher mental functions such as decision making, reasoning
frontal lobe located at the front portion of the head
temporal lobe contains the primary auditory area;
temporal lobe involves learning language
parietal lobe located above the occipital lobe
parietal lobe contains the soma sensory cortex
somasensory cortex sense of touch, sense of direction
olfactory bulb small portion that allows us to smell
motor cortex under frontal lobe
motor cortex contains the voluntary muscles
corpus collosum these are a thick touch of neural fibers that connects the hemispheres
association areas of the cortex made up of neurons in the cortex that are devoted to making connections between the sensory information coming into the brain and stored memories, images and knowledge
BROCA'S AREA located in the left frontal lobe that is devoted to speech production
Paul Broca the Broca's Area is named after him
Broca's aphasia if the broca's area is damaged, it will result to this
aphasia inability to do something
WERNICKE'S AREA located in the left temporal lobe and plays a role in understanding the meaning of words
Carl Wernicke the Wernicke's area is named after him
right side of the brain which hemisphere is controls the left side of the body?
Roger Sperry Split Brain Research
Roger Sperry pioneer in the field of hemisphere specialization
left hemisphere tasks that involve sequence and analysis (language, speech, handwriting, math)
right hemisphere processes information in a more global sense (perception, visualization, spatial perception, recognition of patterns, faces and emotional experiences)
left brained logical, sequential, rational, analytical, objective, looks at parts
right brained random, intuitive, holistic, synthesizing, subjective, looks at wholes
in curing epilepsy, he cut the corpus collosum to study the function of each side in the brain how did Sperry discover the 2 hemispheres?
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