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Psy Brain Parts

What the parts of the brain control

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What are the parts of the brain stem? Pons, Medulla, and Reticular activating system
Pons are involved in what? Sleeping, waking, and dreaming
Medulla is involved in what? Certain automatic functions, such as breathing and heart rate
Reticular Activating System Arouses cortex and screens incoming information
Cerebellum Regulates movement and balance; involved in remembering simple skills and acquired reflexes; plays a part in analyzing sensory information, solving problems, and understanding words
Thalamus Relays sensory messages, except smells, to the cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus Involved in emotions and survival instincts; and regulates ANS
Pituitary Gland Endocrine gland that releases hormones and regulates other endocrine glands
Amygdala Responsible for arousal, regulation of emotion, initial emotional responses; plays an important role in mediating anxiety and depression and emotional memory
Hippocampus Responsible for storing new information in memory, comparing sensory information with the brain's expectations, and enabling the formation of spatial memories
Cerebrum In charge of most sensory, motor, and cognitive processes
What are the lobes of the the cerebral cortex? Occipital lobes, parietal lobes, temporal lobes, and frontal lobes.
Occipital lobes Receive visual information
Parietal lobes Receive information on pressure, pain, touch, and temperature.
Temporal lobes Involved in memory, perception, emotion, hearing, and (in the left lobe) language comprehension
Frontal lobes Involved in emotion, planning, creative thinking, motor, short-term memory, initiative, social judgement, and (left lobe) speech production
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