Brain Parts Flashcards
1
Q
Hippocampus
A
- loading deck
- patient HM
- explicit memories
- in lymbic system
- damage=live in the moment
2
Q
Cerebellum
A
- forming and storing implicit memories
- damage=developing conditioned reflexes
3
Q
Basal Ganglia
A
- motor movement
- formation of procedural memories
- receive input from cortex
4
Q
Amygdala
A
- boost activity in mentoring forming area
- emotion-processing clusters
- sends and receives neural projections
5
Q
Frontal Lobe
A
- effortful processing
- divergent thinking
- Broca’s area - speaking(left)
- positive moods(left)
6
Q
Left lobe
A
- recalling passwords and holding them in working memory
- parietal-convergent thinking
7
Q
Right lobe
A
Pulling up visual scene
8
Q
Temporal lobe
A
- insight
- wernickers area- understanding
9
Q
Angular gyrus
A
Transforms visual representations into auditory codes
10
Q
Thalamus
A
- transmit signals to cortex
- consciousness
