aspects of development and the brain Flashcards
organ in our body that controls our thoughts, emotions, and motivations
brain
largest part of the brain that uses information from our sense to tell us what is going on around us
forebain
makes connections with the hindbrain and forebrain
involved in visual & auditory reflexes
midbrian
functions as a bridge to interconnect messages between spinal cord & brain
makes chemicals invovled in sleep
pons
located at top of spinal cord
controls vital reflexes such as heart rate and respiration
medulla
located at back & underneath brain
involved in coordinating movements
cerebellum
thin layer of cells that covers the entire surface of the forebrain
cortex
largest area of the brain concerned with mental funcitons like learning, speaking, emotional responses
cerebrum
located at the front part of the brain & performs voluntary motor movements
inerprets emotional behaviors
frontal lobe
located behind frontal lobe
involved in processing sensory info from body parts
parietal lobe
located at back of brian
seeing colors & perceiving objects animals and people
occipital lobe
located below parietal lobe and in charge of hearing, spekaing cohoerently
temporal lobe
refers to a group o about half a dozen interconnected structures
limbic system
master contorl for many emotional responses
hypothalamus
in charge of forming, recognizing, emotional facial expressions
amygdala
