Psychology 120 The Brain
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- What are the three key structures of the hindbrain?
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Medulla
Pons
Cerebellum - What structure of the brain is responsible for life survival functions (breathing and heart rate)?
- Medulla
- What structure of the brain is responsible for respiration, movement, walking, sleeping, and dreaming?
- Pons
- What structure of the brain is responsible for coordination of fine muscular movements, balance and some aspects of perception and cognition?
- Cerebellum
- What division of the brain regulates basic movement patterns (eating, drinking, etc), sleep and arousal?
- Midbrain
- What structure of the brain runs through the hindbrain, midbrain, and brainstem and screens incoming information and controls arousal?
- Reticular formation
- What structure of the brain is responsible for the collection of upper-level brain structures?
- Forebrain
- What are the structures of the forebrain?
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Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Limbic system
Cerebral cortex - What structure of the brain is responsible for relaying sensory messages to the cerebral cortex?
- Thalamus
- What structure of the brain is responsible for emotions, drives, and regulating the body’s internal environment?
- Hypothalamus
- What structure of the brain is an interconnected group of forebrain structures involved with emotions, drives, and memory?
- Limbic System
- What structures are in the limbic system?
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Hippocampus
Amygdala
Hypothalamus - What structure of the brain is involved in establishing long-term memory?
- Hippocampus
- What structure of the brain is involved in memory and emotion, particularly aggression?
- Amygdala
- What structure of the brain monitors blood to determine the condition of the body?
- Hypothalamus
- What structure of the brain is a thin surface layer on the left and right cerebral hemispheres regulating most complex behavior, including sensations, motor control, and higher mental processes?
- Cerebral cortex
- What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?
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Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal - What lobe of the brain is involved in movement and thinking?
- Frontal lobe
- What lobe of the brain is involved in touch sensations and perceiving spatial relationships?
- Parietal lobe
- What lobe of the brain is involved in visual perception and processing?
- Occipital lobe
- What lobe of the brain is involved in processing sounds, including speech, and possibly involved in long-term memory?
- Temporal lobe
- What lobe of the brain receives and coordinates messages from other lobes and is responsible for motor control, speech production, and higher functions, such as thinking, personality, emotion, and memory?
- Frontal lobe
- Who is Phineas Gage?
- Miner who suffered a frontal lobe injury
- What lobe of the brain is responsible for interpreting bodily sensations?
- Parietal lobe
- What lobe of the brain is responsible for audition, language comprehension, memory, and some emotion control?
- Temporal lobe
- What is the bundle of nerve fibers connecting the brain’s left and right hemispheres?
- Corpus callosum