The Brain Flashcards
1
Q
Broca’s area
A
speech production
frontal lobe
2
Q
Wernicke’s area
A
speech comprehension
left temporal lobe
3
Q
Reticular formation
A
regulates arousal & sleep-wake transitions
4
Q
Mesolimbic pathway
A
reward/dopamine
5
Q
Nigrostriatal bundle
A
movement
Parkinson’s
6
Q
Basal ganglia
A
smooth voluntary movement
7
Q
Amygdala
A
memory
decision-making
emotional reaction
8
Q
Hippocampus
A
Long term explicit memory
9
Q
Cerebellum
A
balance?
Long term implicit memory
10
Q
Temperature regulated by
A
hypothalamus
