Biological Perspective Flashcards

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Pons

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It’s a bridge from the lower to upper brain.

- It is implicated in the influence of dreams and sleep paralysis

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Reticular Formation

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Region in pons and medulla (on the back side) that controls the animals ability to selectively attend to certain information.

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Cerebellum

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Controls balance, fine motor functions, and muscle memory.

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Thalamus

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Controls the destination of the sensory input

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates major homeostatic functions: body temperature, thirst, hunger, sleep/wake cycle, and sexual activity.

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Hippocampus

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Forms long term memory to be stored elsewhere.

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Amygdala

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Controls and remembers long term/passed fear responses.

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Cingulate Cortex

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Plays a role in both the emotional and cognitive aspects of mental processing.

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Corpus Callosum

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Directly under the cingulate cortex and sends signals between the left and right lobes.

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Fornix & Mammillary Bodies

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Fornix moves signals between amygdala and mammillary bodies which helps remember episodic memories
- Episodic Memory: memory of autobiographical events like times, places, people…

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Frontal Lobe

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Deals with processing higher cognitive functions like planning, personality, and complex decision making. (Keeps the limbic system in line)

- Motor Cortex: controls the skeletal muscles of the body
- Broca's Region: the cortex for formulating grammatical correct words and sentences.
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Parietal Lobe

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Contains the Somatosensory cortex which interprets mechanical receptor input like temperature, touch, and spacial awarness.

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Temporal Lobe

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Processes the auditory input received by the ears.

- Wernicke’s Region: interprets written and spoke words. Identifies what they mean.

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Occipital Lobe

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Processes the visual information received by the eyes.

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Broca’s Aphasia

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Damage to the region makes formulating the mouth structures for proper speech difficult.

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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Damage to the region makes interpreting the spoken and written words difficult. One says something, but you might think something else or not know at all.

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Medulla Oblongata

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regulates, heartbeat, respiratioin, and swallowing