Brain structures and functions

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Cerebral cortex

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The outer layer of the brain. Responsible for decision making, and perceiving higher level cognitive function

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Lobes of the brain

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Refers to the four major regions or sections of the brain. It divided the outer part of your brain

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Association areas

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Take information like smell, hear, touch, and puts it all together to make sense of it

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Frontal lobes

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Located at the front of the brain, deals with planning, personality, and decision making. Acts as if they are the head chef in a kitchen

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Heredity

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Transmission of genetic info from biological parents to offspring.

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Genetic predisposition

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Inharrited likleyhood of developing specific traits or conditions due to genetic factors from biological parents. Ex: you are more likely to be smart if your parents are

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Eugenics

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Improving the generic quality of a human population by controlling reproduction to increase desirable traits and increase desirable traits and increase desirable traits and increase undesirable ones. (Difference between people in your family tree)

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Prefrontal cortex

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Deals with problem solving and critical thinking. Higher level executive function and problem solving

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Motor cortex

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Helps with planning, organizing, strategy, focus attention, regulates emotion, and manages time

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parietal lobes

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Making decisions about your body movements such as walking talking running jumping etc.

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Somatosensory cortex

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Located at the top of the brain. Processes sensory information such as touch and sight (perception or the word) includs skin muscles and joints

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Occipital loves

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Vision. Processing what you see

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Temporal lobes

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What you hear. Language comprehension and memory function

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Corpus Callosum

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Connect left and right hemisphere of the brain. Facilitating communication and information sharing between the two hemispheres

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Brain stem

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The oldest part of your brain. Responsible for basic life sustaining functions such and breathing, sleeping, heart rate, etc.

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Medulla

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Located at the base of the brain stem. Essential for your automatic functions such and breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, etc. Crucial for survival

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Reticular Activating System

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Neurons located in the brain stem. Deals with alertness, attention, and consciousness

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Cerebellum

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Located at the back of the brain below cerebral hemisphere. Responsible for coordinating movement, balance, and posture

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Cerebellum

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Located at the back of the brain below cerebral hemisphere. Responsible for coordinating movement, balance, and posture

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Limbic system

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Located beneath the cerebral cortex. A set of brain structures involved in emotions, memory and motivation

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Reward center

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Located in limbic system. Processed pleasurable experiences and reinforces behaviors associated with them

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Thalamus

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Relays sensory information. Sight, sound, touch, and taste to the cerebral cortex

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Hypothalamus

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A small but powerful structure located below the thalamus. Responsible for regulating various essential bodily functions. Such as hunger, thirst, tiredness, and body temperature

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Pituitary gland

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A pea sized gland located at the base of the brain. Central role in regulating human production and segregation though out the body

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Hippocampus

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Located in the temporal lobes. Primarily responsible for forming and consolidating new memories

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Amygdala

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Almond shaped structures located deep within the brains temporal lobes. Controls your emotion, triggers flight or fight, deals with fear and or aggression. Not based off of trauma