2-Brain Flashcards
Physical organ, bundles of cells
Brain
Awareness and experiences
Brain at work
Mind
Forebrain
Reasoning, language, and other abilities that make us human
-Sensory and motor functions on the right side of body
For most:
-verbal skills
-mathematical skills
Left hemisphere of forebrain
-Sensory and motor functions on the left side of the body
For most:
- Spacial skills
- perceptual skills
Right hemisphere of the forebrain
Midbrain
Communication between hindbrain and forebrain
Hindbrain
Basic life-support functions:
- coordination of motor activity
- posture
- equilibrium
- sleep patterns
- regulation of breathing and blood circulation
Pons
Located in hindbrain
- Regulates sleep
- controls body functions
- relays info between brainstem and hindbrain
Cerebellum
In hindbrain
Coordinates muscle movement
(posture, balance, facial expressions)
Brain stem (aka medulla)
In the hindbrain
- Controls breathing and heart rate
- Contains nerve pathways that connects the brain to the rest of the body
Limbic system
Inner forebrain
- Emotions
- body functions
- smell
- also involved with memory and motivation
Thalamus
Inner forebrain
Relays all sensory information except smell
Amygdala
Inner forebrain
- Processes emotions
- forms longterm memories
Hippocampus
Inner forebrain
- Learning
- formation of longterm memories
Hypothalamus
Inner forebrain (part of endocrine system)
-Regulation of states:
hunger, sex drive, body temp
