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Thalamus

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Relay station for sensory stimulation for everything except smell

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Hypothalamus

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Body temperature, motivated and emotions, the hunger control center

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Hippocampus

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New memories, connects your present with your past

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Amygdala

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Aggression and fear, remembering emotionally charged stuff

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Corpus callosum

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Connects the two hemispheres, HQ, Info hub

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Pituitary Gland

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Endocrine gland, growth and development of endocrine glands

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Spinal cord

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The thing that connects the brain to the body

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Cereberal cortex

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The wrinkled part of the brain

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Left hemisphere

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Language, logic, writing, math, science

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Right hemisphere

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Relationships, recognition, creativity, perception, artsy fartsy

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Limbic system

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Middle layer of the brain, involved in emotion and memory, hippocampus, amygdaloid, and the hypothalamus

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Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Regulates our circadian rhythm

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Frontal lobe

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Movement and speech and emotions

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Temporal lobe

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Recognition, speech

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Occipital lobe

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Sight

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Parietal lobe

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Spatial environment, patterns

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Motor strip

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Movement

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Sensory strip

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Senses

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Cerebellum

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Muscle coordination, balance

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Reticular formation

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Sleep, wakefulness, pain perception, breathing and muscle reflexes

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Pons

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Sleeping, waking, dreaming

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Medulla oblong ate

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Outside conscious functions or unconscious functions

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Brock’s area

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Language, physical ability to speak

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Wernickes area

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Ability to comprehend spoken and written language

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Prefrontal cortex

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Frontal association area, rational decision making and problem solving

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