structures and lobes Flashcards
1
Q
cerebellum
A
balence and coordination
2
Q
frontal lobe
A
personality, planning, decision making
3
Q
brocos area
A
speech production (talking)
4
Q
reticular formation
A
filters irrelevant information, consciousness
5
Q
hippocampus
A
memory: STM to LTM, episodic, spatial
6
Q
parietal lobe
A
temperature, touch, pressure
7
Q
temporal lobe
A
hearing (auditory cortex)
8
Q
thalamus
A
sensory information processing
9
Q
hypothalamus
A
homeostasis, hormones, hunger
10
Q
brain stem
A
breathing, “reptillian” functions
11
Q
amygdala
A
emotion, fear, rage
12
Q
occipital lobe
A
vision
13
Q
olfactory bulb
A
processes smell
14
Q
wernickes area
A
understanding speech