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Parts of the Brain
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- 1Hindbrainmajor body functions
- 2Medullavital unconscious actions
- 3Ponsrelaying signals, emotion, audition
- 4Reticular formationcircadian rhythms, motor skills, arousal, motivation
- 5Cerebellummotor and coordination
- 6Tectumcontains Superior and Inferior colliculus
- 7Superior colliculusvisual function, orienting eyes
- 8Inferior colliculusauditory function
- 9Tegmentumarea near the brainstem that contains the red nucleus and substantia nigra
- 10Red nucleusmotor control
- 11Substantia nigrareward centres
- 12Hypothamalus4 F's
Fight, flight, feeding, f... reproduction - 13Pituitary glandMaster gland - hormone regulation
- 14Thalamusrelay station for all senses except smell
- 15Amygdalafear response
- 16Hippocampusmemory, spatial learning, adult neurogenesis
- 17Gyrilarge bulges outward from the brain
- 18Sulciridges between gyri
- 19Fissuresdeep sulci
- 20Occipital lobevisual processing, V1
- 21Temporal lobeA1, language/memory, audition
- 22Frontal lobeprimary motor cortex, decision making
- 23Parietal lobeprimary somatosensory cortex, spatial thinking
- 24Corpus callosumconnection between the hemispheres
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- 2 Psychology Flashcards on Parts of the Brain, created by Laura Jin on 06/04/2015.
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