Part 2 Flashcards
- Largest of lobes, located right behind forehead
* Deals with intelligence, personality, logic, planning, and long term memory
frontal lobe
- located BACK TOWARDS BOTTOM of brain
* deals w vision
occipital lobe
- located right above ears
* deals w hearing
temporal lobe
- located in temporal lobe in both hemispheres
* forms new memories
hippocampus
- located in both spheres, looks like an almond
* reactions to emotional situations
amygdala
- located BACK TOWARDS TOP of brain
* deals w sensory info, chronological math, spatial abilities
parietal lobe
- located right below the occipital lobe
* deals w coordination and balance
cerebellum
Connects brain to spinal cord
brain stem
responds to sensory information and regulates the bodies responses to information
not physical
midbrain
Physical, plays part in sleeping and dreaming
pons
Physical, helps in breathing, swallowing, blood pres
medulla oblongata
Controls the four f’s (fighting, fleeing, feeding, and fucking)
hypothalamus
When more damage effects at the opp. end of impact
contra coup
- left hemisphere
* brain damage that effects speech
aphasia
Inability to communicate word’s correctly
Ex: blabber
broca’s aphasia