brain Flashcards
HindBrain
regulates breathing, heart rate, arousal
in charge of survival functions
Cerebellum
Motor coordination IMPLICIT memory
Frontal Lobes
EPISODIC memory , thoughts
Temporal Lobes
EXPLICIT memory, feelings hearing, language processing and memory
Mid Brain
Relays info between eyes/ ears to the brain
Rich in dopamine = reward, pleasure, and addiction
Forebrain
controls cognitive sensory and motor function
regulates emotion, body temp, sleeping, reproduction
Amygdala
Emotional Memories/ EXPLICIT memory
eat, fight, mate, emotional awareness, and expression
A major player in Preparedness
Hippocampus
Priming ( IMPLICIT memory) and Explicit memory
Thalamus
brains switchboard, used in responding and receiving sensory information
Hypothalamus
eating, drinking, sex, emotions, stress, reward, a major role in regulations stress
Cerebral Cortex
thinking planning. EXPLICIT memory. contains millions of neurons connected to synapses = memory