Located at the base of the skull behind the pons and cerebral cortex - "little brain"
Cerebellum
Brainstem (Pons)
Relays messages between the cerebellum and the cortex
When does your brain reach maturity?
Around 25 years old
Located within the medial temporal lobe on each side of the brain - responsible for memory
Hippocampus
Amygdala
On average how many thoughts do you have a day?
70,000
Connects the left and right hemispheres
Corpus callosum
Cerebral Cortex
controls all voluntary motor activity such as: movement sensory processing olfaction language and communication learning and memory
Term used to describe the process by which your brain dissolves white matter and neural connections to make way for new connections and processing capabilities
Brain pruning
The Thalamus
At the stop of the brainstem - connects the brainstem to the limbic system and the cerebral cortex
Located between the pons and the spinal cord - manages heart and breathing.
Medulla
Reticular Formation
Regulates consciousness + alertness
Part of the brain that recognizes, processes, distinguishes sensory information.
"Makes sense of sensory information
Parietal Lobe
Process where nerve cell and neurons physically change inside the brain in response to environmental circumstances
Brain plasticity