Flashcards
Parts of the Brain
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1Broca's Areacontrols speech; if you break a talking doll then it won't talk anymore
- 2Parietal Lobecontrols sense of touch; imagine a parent touching her child's forehead to see if she has a fever
- 3Hypothalamuscontrols hunger and thirst; imagine a hypochondriac thinking that they are hungry or thirsty when they are not
- 4Cerebral Cortexcontrols judgement; imagine you and your friend fighting over a box of cereal, so you go to cereal court in front of a judge
- 5Amygdalacontrols aggression and fear; imagine Armageddon in the Bible (the last battle between good and evil); battles have lots of aggression and fear
- 6Frontal Lobe (frontal association area)impulse control; imagine a student in the lunch line losing patience and cutting to the front of the line (losing control of his impulses)
- 7Left Hemispherecontrols language; "left" and "language" both start with "L"
- 8Corpus Callosumconnects the two hemispheres; imagine a tiny corpse lying across the two hemispheres
- 9Temporal Lobecontrols hearing; in God's temple, you have to listen
- 10Hippocampuscontrols memory; imagine a hippo wearing an elephant costume because it helps his memory
- 11Reticular Activating System (RAS)controls arousal and alertness; when a student falls asleep in class, the teacher blows a raspberry at the student and wakes them up
- 12Ponssends information to other parts of the brain, coordinates movement, facial expression, and causes REM sleep and dreams; if you use a coupon, you smile because you save money and then you sleep better that night