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Brain Purpose

Parts and Purpose

QuestionAnswer
Frontal Lobe Purposeful behaviors and complex reasoning: Normal: Refusing to try a new restaurant Not Normal: Refusing to return something borrowed insisting it's yours. Not Normal: Trying to buy $20 item for a dollar.
Parietal Lobe Orients us in space and decipher where and what things are. Normal: Mixing up names of two movies you saw Not Normal: Trying to purchase a $20 item for $1.
Occipital Lobe Visual interpretationNormal: Forgetting the name of an old classmate. Not Normal: Not recognizing a recent picture of self.
Brain Stem Sleep and vital processes Normal: Getting up earlier than you used to. Not Normal: Calling someone at 2 am.
Temporal Lobe Memory, language and high-level sensory processing Normal: Not able to think of a specific descriptive word. Not Normal: Forgetting simple nouns, "toothbrush" or "fork".
Hippocampus Thoughts and impressions which turn into memories. Normal: Forgetting where you parked your car. Not Normal: Forgetting what kind of car you own.
Amygdala Regulates basic emotions such as fear, anger, etc,Normal: Being upset when your spouse forgets your birthday. Not Normal: Yelling at a child for not tying shoe correctly. Unprovoked hostility.
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