7B review matching Flashcards
cerebral cortex
responsible for thinking and processing information from the five senses
frontal lobe
thinking, decision making, planning
parietal lobe
taste temperature touch
temporal lobe
processing auditory info
occipital lobe
processing visual information
cerebellum
responsible for balance and coordination of muscles and the body
hypothalamus
responsible for behaviors such as hunger and thirst
amygdala
involved w emotions such as fear anger and pleasure
hippocampus
long term memory emotions and location of objects
medulla oblingata
breathing swallowing heart rate
thalamus
relaying info from the sensory receptors to proper areas of the brain where it can be processed
pons
plays a role in sleep and dreaming especially REM
corpus callosum
connects right and left hemisphere
right hemisphere
controls left side of body, artistic and creative
left hemisphere
controls right side, more academic and logical