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AP Psychology: Unit 2 - The Brain

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Hindbrain
1. Oldest
2. No conscious effort
3. Survival
4. Just processing
Brainstem
Automatic survival functions
Brainstem
the oldest part and central core of the brain
Medulla Oblongata
Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing and swallowing.
When someone chokes a person, they're damaging their _______ ______.
Medulla Oblongata
Pons
Coordinates movements to the left and right sides of the body
Pons
Influences sleep, dreams and arousal
Reticular Formation
Found in the brain stem, within the medulla and pons.

It enables arousal and alertness -- therefore, it pays attention to information from the environment.
Thalamus
Sensory Switchboard (what to send where).

All the senses come here, except for smell. Afterward the senses go to different parts of the brain.
Olfactory Bulb
The brain center for smell, located below the frontal lobes
Cerebellum
Balance and coordination
Cerebellum
Aids in nonverbal learning, such as practicing bicycle kicks, and memory
Midbrain
1. Emotions and sex
2. Food drives
3. Linbic System
Amygdala
A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and aggression.
Hypothalamus
1. Bodily maintenance, such as hunger and thirst.
2. Homeostasis
3. Reward Center
Pituitary Gland
Controlled by the hypothalamus, it is the master glands of the Endocrine System
Hippocampus
A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.
Forebrain
Body's ultimate control, information and processing center
Cerebral cortex (cerebrum)
Body's ultimate control center. It contains 2 hemispheres with each 4 lobes.
Association Areas (Cerebrum)
higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking
Cortical Areas (Cerebrum)
Prefrontal Cortex, visual cortex and the motor cortex
Corpus Collosum
the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
Lobes
the different regions into which the cerebral cortex is divided
Frontal Lobe
1. Deals with judgement, planning, processing and new memories.
2. Involved with speaking and muscle
Frontal Lobe
Contains the motor cortex [voluntary movement]
Frontal Lobe
Broca's Area in the left hemisphere, which processes words.
Prefrontal Cortex (frontal lobe)
most frontal region of the frontal lobe; involved in higher-order cognitive processes (planning, decision making, emotional control). It is the last area to develop.
Parietal Lobe
1. Deals with mathematics and spatial reasoning
2. Receives sensory input for touch and body position.
Parietal Lobe
Contains the somatosensory cortex [receives info from skin surface and sense organs].
Temporal Lobe
Enables face recognition and hearing
Auditory Cortex (Temporal Lobe)
hearing (receives info from opposite ear)
Wernide's Area, comprehends words, is located in the...
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Vision
Where is the visual cortex located in?
The occipital lobe
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