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Thalamus

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Top of brain stem

Directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex

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Medulla

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Base of brain stem

Controls life support functions like breathing

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Cerebellum

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Attached to the rear of the brain stem

Controls Voluntary movements and balance

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Hypothalamus

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Below thalamus

Directs body functions like hunger and temp

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Hippocampus

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In limbic system near amygdala

Processes near memories

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Cerebral Cortex

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Wrinkled outer surface

Information processing center

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Amygdala

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Controls emotions like fear and joy

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Longitudinal fissure

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Divides right and left hemispheres

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Limbic system

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Structures at top of brain stem
Regulate functions like memory, emotion, body functions.
Includes hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus

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Corpus Callosum

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Rubber bandy thing

Connects brain hemispheres and carries messages between them

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Frontal lobe

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Includes motor cortex

Involved in advanced cognitive abilities like planning and judgement

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Parietal Lobes

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Above occipital loves

General processing and association

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Occipital Lobe

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Back of head

Visual processing

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Temporal Lobes

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Above ears

Auditory cortex

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Motor Cortex

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Controls voluntary movements

Rear of frontal lobes

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Somatosensory Cortex

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Front of parietal lobes

Registers and processes body sensations

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Broca’s Area

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Left hemisphere frontal lobe

Muscle movements involved in speech

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Wernicke’s Area

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Left temporal lobe

Language comprehension and expression

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Plasticity

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The brains capacity for modification

Ex: reorganization after damage to brain

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Brain Stem

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Oldest part of brain
Where spinal cord enters
Responsible for automatic survival functions

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Case Study

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An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

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