Lobes
Largest part of the brain, includes the four major lobes encompassing the two hemispheres (left and right).
What is the cerebrum?
Controls emotion and fear
What is the amygdala?
executive function, (front of frontal lobe)
What is the prefrontal cortex?
bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain, (split brain patients)
What is the corpus callosum?
What is Broca's area?
Vision; receiving, interpreting, and mapping visual information
What is the Occipital Lobe?
hormone release; communicates with the endocrine system and hypothalamus
What is the Pituitary Gland?
controls movement, balance, coordination, and procedural memory,
What is the cerebellum?
Controls vital organs, heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing
What is the brainstem/medulla?
often a treatment for severe epilepsy, reveals that the right and left hemispheres of the brain may specialize in different activities and functions.
What is split brain research?
decision making, planning, judgement, movement, personality, language, executive function.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Relay center for all but smell
What is the Thalamus?
the outer layer of the cerebrum, composed of gray matter, and is responsible for higher-level cognitive functions like thought, memory, and reasoning
What is the cerebral cortex?
alertness, arousal, sleep, eye movement,
What is the reticular activating system?
comprehending speech, in the back of the temporal lobe near the occipital lobe of the left hemisphere
What is wernicke's area?
hearing and face recognition, language
What is the Temporal Lobe?
Reward/Pleasure center, eating behaviors
What is the Hypothalamus?
is responsible for coordinating and executing voluntary movements, (back of the frontal lobe).
What is the motor cortex?
the lowest part of the brain connecting to the spinal cord, containing the midbrain, pons, and medulla
What is the brain stem?
Damage to broca's areas and wernicke's area can lead to this
What is aphasia?
sensations and touch; controls association areas
episodic (memory of events) and semantic memory (memory of gen knowledge)
What is the Hippocampus?
a map of our touch receptors
What is the somatosensory cortex?
parts of the brain that integrate information from various other parts of the brain
What are association areas?
the ability of the brain to rewire itself, modify, or create new connections throughout development and allows for the function of a damaged part of the brain to be assumed by a different part of the brain.
What is brain plasticity?