Parts of brain: function

Hindbrain: medulla

vital reflexes (e.g. heartbeat)

Hindbrain: pons

bridges cerebellum and rest of brain, motor and sensory control

Hindbrain: cerebellum

movements and coordination, loss of purkinje cells linked to autism

Midbrain: tectum

vision in superior colliculus, hearing in inferior colliculus

Midbrain: tegmentum

sleep and arousal

Midbrain: reticular formation

consciousness, alertness, and attention. Drugs that cause unconsciousness target this.

Forebrain: thalamus

Relays information from senses to cerebral cortex (excluding olfactory)

Forebrain: hypothalamus

regulates homeostasis

Forebrain: olfactory bulb

Scent

Forebrain: amygdala

emotional processes

Forebrain: hippocampus

memory creation

Cerebral cortex: occipital lobe

processes visual information

Cerebral cortex: temporal lobe

primary auditory cortex, left side is language (Wernicke’s for comprehension), some movement and facial recognition.

corpus callosum

bridges between left and right hemispheres of the brain

central sulcus

divides frontal and parietal lobes

sylvian fissure/lateral sulcus

divides temporal from frontal and parietal lobe

Cerebral cortex: parietal lobe

somatosensory cortex (touch info), position of body, numerical information

Cerebral cortex: frontal lobe

motor cortex, cognitive control and decision making, personality expression