Brain Stem
Located at the base of the brainstem; this is responsible for controlling heartbeat and breathing.
What is the medulla?
These are two lima bean sized neural clusters in the limbic system, linked with emotion
What is the amygdala?
Called the dominant brain (from the 1960s). This side of the brain processes reading, writing, speaking, mathematics, and makes quick, literal, interpretations of language.
What is the left hemisphere?
An area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements.
What is the motor cortex?
Located in the cerebral cortex, this is associated with reading, writing and interpretation of what is written. When this is damaged there can be an inability to read out loud or inability to write or spell.
What is the angular gyrus?
Located on top of the brainstem; it directs sensory messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla. Known as the sensory control center.
What is the thalamus?
A neural structure lying BELOW THE THALAMUS. This directs maintenance activities, like eating and body temperature, and helps govern the endocrine system using the pituitary gland. This structure is also linked with emotion and reward.
This side of the brain gets engages in perceptual tasks like; making inferences, interpretation, provides context to speech, orchestrates our self-awareness, IMAGINATION, and spirituality.
What is the right hemisphere?
This cortex receives information from the skin's surface and sense organs.
What is the sensory cortex?
Discovered by Paul Broca, this area is responsible for producing language.
What is Broca's Area?
A nerve network that travels through the brainstem into the thalamus and plays an important role in controlling arousal.
What is the reticular formation?
A neural system located in the limbic system; helps process for storage explicit (conscious) memories of facts and events.
What is the hippocampus?
The potion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements. This structure also includes the prefrontal cortex which influences planning for the future, self-control, decision making, and moderating correct social behavior.
What is the frontal lobe?
A portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears. This includes the auditory cortex which receives information, from the opposite ear.
What are the temporal lobes?
Discovered by Carl Wernicke, this area is important for language development.
What is Wernicke's Area?
Also known as the "little brain", this is at the rear of the brainstem and it's functions include processing sensory input, coordinating movement output and balance, and enabling nonverbal learning and memory.
What is the cerebellum?
This is the endocrine system's most influential gland. It is under the influence of the hypothalamus and it tells releases and tells other structures to release hormones into the bloodstream.
What is the parietal lobe?
This is the connecting fibers between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The hemispheres use this to communicate information like sensory observations.
What is the corpus callosum?
When this area is damaged, the ability to speak is lost. (This can happen after a stroke).
What is damaged Broca's area?
Sitting just above the medulla, this helps coordinate movements and control sleep.
What is the pons?
One with this structure lesioned, might display reduced arousal to fear/anger arousing situations.
What is a lesioned amygdala?
A portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head. This includes the visual cortex which receives information from the visual fields.
What is the occipital lobe?
These are found in all four lobes and are responsible for higher mental functions, much of which make us human.
What are association areas?
When this area is damaged, the ability to comprehend written and spoken language is lost.
What is damaged Wernicke's area?