Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures

Question 1

brainstem

Answer 1

controls involuntary (i.e. heart beating) behaviors and primitive (breathing) behaviors under voluntary control

Question 2

amygdala

Answer 2

emotions (aggression/fear)

Question 3

hypothalamus

Answer 3

maintains internal balance

regulates eating, drinking, sexual behavior, body temp, “biological clock”

regulates endocrine activity

Question 4

hippocampus

Answer 4

“gateway to memory”

forms new memories about facts and events