Limbic System Flashcards
1
Q
What are the jobs of the limbic system?
A
- Influence endocrine and autonomic motor system
- integrates memory of past sensory stimuli with emotion
- fear and happiness
2
Q
Cingulate gyrus
A
- receives input from other components of limbic system
- links motivation and outcome (allows us to learn from mistakes)
3
Q
Hippocampus
A
- stores memory and forms long term memory
4
Q
Amygdaloid body
A
- Involves on emotion (especially fear)
- sorts and codes memories based on how there emotionally perceived
5
Q
Fornix
A
- connects hippocampus with Diencephalon limbic structures
- long term memory
6
Q
Olfactory bulbs, tracts, and cortex
A
Association of odors and emotion
