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primary motor cortex
directs movement
Premotor cortex
chooses complex movement
Mirror neurons
copy and paste basically
Prefrontal cortex
socioemotional behavior
cognitive processes
movements in time and space
impulse control
Anterior Cingulate Cortex
connects and modulates other networks
Frontal lobe
reasoning, motor control, emotion, language
Broca's area
controls language
Phinease Gage
spike ran through his left frontal lobe. Was able to survive but personallity did 180 - became mean and unreliable
Parietal lobe
processes sensory information
Somatosensory cortex
processes touch, temperature, and pain
Temporal lobe
hearing, memory, emotion, and language
Auditory cortex
main area responsible for processing auditory information
Wernicke's area
language comprehension
What happens if you have damage to the Broca's area?
difficulty producing language
What happens if you have damage to the Wernicke's area?
unable to understand language
Occupital lobe
visual processing
Primary visual cortex
interprets visual input
Thamalus
sensory relay for the brain
Are all senses connected to the thalamus?
No, smell is the only sense not routed to the thamalus
Limbic system
emotion and memory
What system does smell do through?
Smell goes through the limbic system
Hippocampus
memory and learning
Hypothalamus
body temperature, blood pressure, appetite, sexual motivation and behavior
Amygdala
emotion & emotional memories
Midbrain
Region between the hindbrain and the forebrain
Reticular formation
regulates sleep, wakefulness, motor activity and arousal
Substantia nigra and Ventral regimental area
contains neurotransmitters that produce dopamine and critical for movement
Hindbrain
area connected to spinal cord
Medulla
controls heartbeat and breathing
Pons
sleep and arousal
Cerebellum
Balance and coordination
Functional MRI
detects changes in blood flow in the brain
MRI
causes hydrogen atoms to move
PET
picture of active brain
CT scan
x-ray photographs taken from different angles
Grey matter
cell bodies within the brain for memory
Cerebral cortex
surface of the brain
Gyri
ridges of the brain
Sulci
grooves in the brain
Longitudinal fissure
separates left and right hemispheres
Lateralizarion
concept that each hemisphere of the brain is associated with specialized functions
Left brain controls...?
right side of the body
Right brain controls...?
left side of the body
Micheal Gazzaniga
Split brain research
Corpus callosum
connects the two hemispheres and allows communication between the two
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