The brain Flashcards
Executive functioning involves
planning, inhibiting innapropriate behavior, making decisions, using working memory
Evolutionary structure within this part of the brain are most primitive
the hindbrain
Aphasia
disruption of language abilities
which structure of the brain ,odulates the strength of emtional memories and is involved in emotional learning
Amygadala
Left hemisphere
regulates positive emotions, spontaneous speech and wrting, memory for words and numbers, understand speech and writing. control sequence of movements. control muscles used for speech.
Right hemisphere
regulation of negative emotions, recognition of faces, memory for shape and music, spatial relationships. responds to simple commands.
Three layers of the brain
limbic system, brain stem and cerebellu,, and the cerebrum
brain stem and cerebellum
drive vital functions. heart, breathing, digestion etc.
limbic system
add emotion, complex motives, and increased memory ability
Cerebrum
enables reason, processing, planning, creating and problem solving.
Lateralization of Function
some functions are carried out via the left or right hemispheres of the brain. different structures play off one another however