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Hindbrain - medulla oblongata

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life functions; HB, circulation, breathing

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Hindbrain - cerebellum

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fine motor, learning, sensory discrimination

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Hindbrain - reticular formation

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consciousness, arousal

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Hindbrain - Pons

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forebrain - cerebellum

sleep, breathing, balance, taste, face expressions/sensation

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Midbrain - Tectum

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hearing/vision

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Midbrain - Tegmentum

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movement, arousal

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Forebrain - hypothalamus

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eating, sleeping, emotional experiences, sexual arousal

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Forebrain - Thalamus

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filters sensory info - threat detection

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Forebrain - basal ganglia

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movement - Parkinsons

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Forebrain - limbic system

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‘emotional brain’

emotion processing, emotion related to learning - fear, pleasure, reward

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Forebrain

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Complex sensory, emotional, cognitive, behavioural processes

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Cerebral cortex

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2 hemispheres, 4 lobes

movement, sensory patterns, symbolic thinking

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Frontal lobe

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thinking, planning, social skills, movement, personality, concentration, problem solving, speech

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Front lobe - Broca’s area

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speech, grammar

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Parietal lobe

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touch, spatial orientation, nonverbal thinking, pressure

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Parietal lobe - somatosensory cortex

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movement of hands, face

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Temporal lobe

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language processing, hearing, visual pattern/object recognition, facial recognition,

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Temporal lobe - Wernicke’s area

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speech comprehension

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Occipital lobe

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vision/sight

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Frontal lobe - motor cortex

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1:1 correspondence with body - legs, index finger, swallowing chewing

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Cerebellum

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fine motor, balance, coordination

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