CogPysch Brain Areas Flashcards (Functions)

Prefrontal Cortex

Judgment, decision-making, executive functions, planning, reasoning, working memory, social behavior, impulse inhibition, personality expression

Motor Cortex

Voluntary motor control

Somatosensory Cortex

Sensory information, touch, pain, temperature, proprioception

Wernicke’s Area

Language comprehension, understanding spoken and written language

Broca’s Area

Speech production, processing language

Occipital lobe

Visual processing, interpreting eye information, color, shape, motion, depth

Visual Cortex

Processing visual information, recognizing basic visual features, edges, colors, movement

Thalamus

Sensory relay station, directs sensory info to processing areas

Hypothalamus

Hunger, thirst, temperature, hormonal control

Amygdala

Emotional processing, fear, aggression, emotional memories, decision-making, memory formation

Hippocampus

Forming new memories, spatial navigation

Basal Ganglia

Movement regulation, learning routines, habit formation, reward processing

Cerebellum

Coordination, balance, fine motor skills, motor learning

Corpus Callosum

Communicates between the two hemispheres

Reticular Formation

Arousal, alertness, sleep-wake cycle, attention, consciousness

Medulla Oblongata

Vital autonomic functions, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

Pons

Sleep regulation, respiration, facial expressions, relaying info between cerebrum and cerebellum

Cingulate Cortex

Emotion formation, processing, learning, conflict monitoring, error detection