Brain Structures and their Associated Behaviors

Question 1

Structure

Communication between right and left hemisphere

Answer 1

Corpus Callosum

Question 2

Structure

Attention, Emotion, “fight or flight”

Answer 2

Limbic System

Question 3

Structure

Learning, abstracting, reasoning, inhibiting

Answer 3

Frontal Lobe

Question 4

Structure

Regulation of metabolism, temperature, and emotions

Answer 4

Hypothalamus

Question 5

Structure

Discrimination of sounds, verbal, and speech behavior

Answer 5

Temporal Lobe

Question 6

Structure

Arousal Reactions, Information Screening

Answer 6

Reticular Formation

Question 7

Structure

Breathing, Blood Pressure, other vital functions

Answer 7

Medulla

Question 8

Structure

Fine motor coordination, posture, and balance

Answer 8

Cerebellum

Question 9

Structure

Visual Discrimination and some aspects of visual memory

Answer 9

Occipital Lobe

Question 10

Structure

Major relay station for messages from parts of the body, important sensations of pain

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

Structure

Somesthetic and motor discriminations and functions

Answer 11

Parietal Lobe

Question 12

Structure

Integration of sensory information from various parts of the body

Answer 12

Sensory Strip

Question 13

Structure

Regulation of voluntary movement

Answer 13

Motor Strip