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Hindbrain

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Cerebellum, medulla, pons

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Cerebellum

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Movement
Equilibrium
Sensory info

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Medulla

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Unconscious vital functions

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Pons

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Sleep and arousal

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Midbrain

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Sensory processes
Dopamine releasing neurons
Voluntary movement

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Reticular formation

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Through midbrain and hindbrain, in core of brain stem regulates sleep and arousal

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Forebrain

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Thalamus
Hypothalamus 
Cerebrum
Limbic system
Basal ganglia
Pituitary gland
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Thalamus

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All sensory info passes through

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates basic biological needs

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Limbic system

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Hippocampus
Amygdala
Dopamine, glutamate

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Hippocampus

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Memory
Prediction
Imagination

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Amygdala

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Fear

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Cerebrum

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Higher thinking
Cerebral cortex is outer layer
Divided in two hemispheres each with 4 lobes
Gyrus- bumps
Sulcus- valleys
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Four lobes

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Occipital
Parietal
Temporal
Frontal

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Occipital lobe

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Primary visual cortex

Visual info sent here

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Parietal lobe

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Primary somatosensory cortex
Sense of touch
Between temporal and parietal is Wernikes area

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Temporal

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Primary auditory cortex at top of lobe

Auditory processing

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Frontal

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Primary motor cortex
Movement of muscles
Broca’s area

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Prefrontal cortex

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Part of frontal lobe 
Memory
Process current info
Reasoning
Decision making
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Mirror neurons

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In frontal and parietal lobes

21
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Neurogenesis

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Formation of new neurons
Unlimited
Declines with age
In olfactory bulb and hippocampus

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CT

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Computer enhanced xrays

Structure, horizontal image

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PET

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Radioactively tagged glucose injected
Xrays
Brian function via blood flow or metabolic activity

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MRI

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Magnetic fields
Radio waves
Computer enhancement
3D structure, high resolution

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fMRI

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Same as MRI but activity of brain like PET but more precision
Blood flow or oxygen intake

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Pituitary gland

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Master gland
Sexual development and behaviour 
Stress
Metabolism
Endorphins
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Basal ganglia

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Voluntary motor control

Dopamine, GABA

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Wernickes area

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Language comprehension

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Broca’s area

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Language production

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Flow of speech comprehension and production

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  1. Auditory cortex
  2. Wernickes area
  3. Broca’s area
  4. Motor Cortez
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Corpus callosum

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Connects two hemispheres

32
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Brain lateralization

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Sensory info goes to pop side
Left rational
Right emotional

33
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Split brain experiment

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If corpus callosum severed, no communication between, only optic nerve crosses. Can only say what is seen on right side

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