Functions of the brain

Question 1

Basal ganglia

Answer 1

primarily responsible for motor control and motor learning

Question 2

Hypothalamus

Answer 2

important role in releasing hormones

regulating body temp

maintaining daily physiological cycles

controlling appetite

managing sexual behaviour

regulating emotional responses

Question 3

amygdala

Answer 3

perception of emotions such as anger, fear and aggression

controlling of aggression

helps to store memories of events and emotion

Question 4

hippocampus

Answer 4

formation of long term memories

Question 5

parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 5

allows for brain plasticity
enables other brain regions to take over encoding and storage of rich spatial info

Question 6

parahippocampal gyrus (front)

Answer 6

believed to play a roll in smell distinction