Brain lab Flashcards by Roberta Florian

Parietal lobe

Sensory information - touch

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Frontal lobe

Impulse control
Judgment
Language
Memory
Motor function

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Occiptal lobe

Visual cortex

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Temporal lobe

Speech/ language - left hemisphere
Audition
Object recognition

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Corpus callosum

Comunication between hemispheres

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Caudate nucleus

Voluntary movement

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Putamen

Reiforciment

Motor learning

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Globus pallidum

Inhibitory output from the basal ganglia to thalamus

Postural control

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Hypothalamus

Homeostasis

Controls pituitary gland

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Amygdala

Fear and anger

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Thalamus

Sensory inputs and motor

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Superior colliculus

Visual and auditory system

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Inferior colliculus

Auditory system

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Hippocampus

Memory centre

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Pineal gland

Melatonin production

Circadian rhythms

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Olfactory bulb

Olfactory system

Mammillary bodies

Memory

Medulla

Autonomic functions - heartbeat and respiration

Pons

Consciousness

Sleep/wake cycle

Cerebellum

Motor coordination