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Brain Lobes
Executive Functions
COGNITIVE FXN
LIMBIC system
Types of ATTN
100
The part of your brain that asks, "Is this really a good idea?"
What is the frontal lobe?
100

It controls muscle movement throughout the body by sending electrical signals down the spinal cord to the muscles. 

What is primary motor cortex/motor strip?

100

What is cognitive flexibility?

What is the ability to switch/adapt to a problem or situation?
100
what does amygdala do?

What is alarm system/responsible for fear response/process emotions.

100

What is sustained attention?

What is pay attention to a task/stimulus for a length of time despite motivation or boredom?

200

This lobe/part is responsible for coordination of movement.

What is the cerebellum.

200
The ability to continue to pay attention despite being tired, bored or distracted
What is sustained attention?
200

What is immediate memory/Short-term memory?

What is the ability to recall something right after hearing it or learning it?

200

What does hippocampus do?

What is encodes and stores memories?

200

What is divided attention?

What is the ability to multitask?

300
Dreams come from this part of the brain, which also controls sight
What is the occipital lobe?
300

The ability to make a decision about how to complete a task or project.

What is planning?

300

What is visual perception?

What is brain interprets and understands information from eyes/vision?

300

What does Hypothalamus do?

What is regulates body temp, hunger, thirst, sleep cycles?

300

What is selective attention?

What is the ability to listen for a cue to switch attention OR ignore distractions?

400

This lobe of the brain interprets sensation from our body.

What is the parietal lobe?

400

Being able to hold information in your mind and rearrange/do something with it (i.e. mental math).

What is working memory?

400
The ability to hold several pieces of information in your memory while performing other tasks
What is working memory?
400

What does thalamus do?

What is relay station for sensory and motor signals to cortex?

400

What is alternating attention?

What is the ability to alternate between tasks/activities?

500

This lobe of the brain controls executive functions and is responsible for personality.

Who is the frontal lobe?

500

Because the frontal lobe is not yet fully developed in 7th graders, they tend to act in this way.

What is impulsivity.

500

What is spatial orientation?

What is understand and interact with objects and images in space, as well as the ability to orient oneself in relation to the environment?

500

What is the limbic system responsible for?

What is

  • Emotions.
  • Behaviors.
  • Motivations.
  • Memory.
  • Autonomic nervous system (heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature).

?

500

What is attention?

What is the ability to direct your concentration to a particular stimuli or task?