Parts of the brain
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Localization
The idea that every behaviour is associated with a specific area of the brain
Frontal Lobe
Reasoning planning and deciding making as well as voluntary action and complex emotion
Parietal lobe
Associated with movement, orientation, perception, and recognition
Occipital lobe
Associated with visual processing
Temporal lobe
Auditory processing, speech and memory
What is the structure that connects the two lobes of the brain called
The corpus callosum
What does the cerebellum do
Th coordination of movement and balance
What is the limbic system
The evolutionary older sub cortical structure known as the emotional brain (basic brain function)
What is the thalamus
A part of the limbic system that has sensory functions and feed nerves from all sensory organs to the cortex
What is the hypothalamus
A part of the limbic system that is involved in basic functions (emotion, thirst and hunger)
What is the amygdala
A part of the limbic system associated with memory, emotion and fear
What is the hippocampus
A part of the limbic system associated with learning, memory, spatial orientation, and transferring information from the STM to the LTM
