Psychology: Parts of the Brain

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medulla

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part of the brainstem; it is also responsible for heartbeat, breathing, swallowing etc

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Brainstem

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part of the brain responsible for automatic survival functions (breathing, heartbeat)

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reticular formation

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controls wakefulness and arousal

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thalamus

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brain’s sensory switchboard, directs message to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex

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cerebellum

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helps coordinate voluntary movements and balance

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limbic system

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ring of structures that regulates important functions such as memory, fear, aggression, hunger, thirst
the limbic system includes within it the hypothalamus, hippocampus and amygdala

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hypothalamus

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below the thalamus that helps regulate hemostatic functions such as hunger, thirst, body temperature
also responsible for the fight or flight mechanism, emotion, pleasure and sexual functions

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hippocampus

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processes and stores memories

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amygdala

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controls emotional responses such as fear and anger

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corpus callosum

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connects the two brain hemispheres and allows the to communicate with one another

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frontal lobes

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responsible for advanced cognitive abilities such as judgement and planning

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parietal lobes

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includes the somatosensory cortex and general association areas used for processing information

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occipital lobes

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visual processing areas of the brain

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temporal lobes

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auditory processing center

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motor cortex

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control voluntary movement

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somatosensory cotex

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registers and processing body sensations

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Broca’s area

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directs muscle movements involved in speech (left frontal lobe)

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Wernicke’s area

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part of brain involved language comprehension (left temporal lobe)