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Limbic system
& basal ganglia!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| limbic system | regulates emotions, memories & behavior |
| amygdala | label emotional stimuli (ex. seeing a bear, labeling fear) --> doesn't feel emotions |
| hippocampus | learning and memory |
| basal ganglia | -set of cells on either side of thalamus -helps brain make choice of what movement to initiate from all possible choices available to you (motor planning) -made up of straitum and substantia nigra |
| straitum | in the middle. plays a role in the performance of voluntary motor responses (motor selection). similar to substantia nigra |