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Module 7: the brain
Module 7: the brain
Lower Brain
limbic system- helps regulate memory, fear, aggression,
hunger, and thirst
amygdala-
controls emotional responses
hippocampus-
proccesses new memories for permanant storage
hypothalamus-
regulates body's maintenance activities
(eating drinking body temp) likned to
emotion
cerebellum-
helps conduct voluntary movements and
ballance
thalamus-
sends messages to sensory recieving areas
in cortex
reticular formation-
controls wakefulness and arousal
medulla-
controlls funtions that help you live
(heartbeat, breathing)
brainstem-
responsible for automatic survival functions
Cerebral Cortex
occipital lobe-
includes primary sight processing areas of the brain
temporal lobe-
includes hearing areas of the brain
parietal lobe-
processes information
frontal lobe-
involved in planning and judgement
corpus callosum-
connects brain hemispheres and allows them to communicate
longitudinal fissure-
divides cerebral cortex into left and right hemispheres
cerebral cortex-
body's control and information proccessing center
