AP Psych Test 9/23

Thalamus

Processing & translating sensory information; If damaged, amnesia, apathy, coma, dementia, difficult speech, loss of alertness & activation, sleepiness

Amygdala (oldest sister Amy)

Processing emotions, fear-learning (scary movies). If damaged, aggression, irritability, loss of control w/ emotion, disrupted short term memory

Cerebellum (Sarah ballet)

Monitors & regulates motor behavior, particularly automatic movements, ALSO CALLED THE LITTLE BRAIN. Highest concentration of neurons bc it is closest to the spinal cord

Hippocampus (Hippo on campus)

Aligned to memory formation; long term memories. If damaged, memory impairments and disorientation

Hypothalamus

Controls hunger, thirst, body temperature, sexual arousal

Frontal lobe

Cognition & decision making (reasoning, planning, problem solving, voluntary movement)

Left hemisphere

Controls the RIGHT side of the body that coordinates the planning & production of speech and complex language(s) (speech production)

Right hemisphere

Controls the LEFT side of the body (facial recognition, spatial reasoning) *remembering how a room and a person looks

Parietal Lobe

Processing touch, spatial awareness, integrating sensory information. Major sensations are temperature, pain, awareness of position & movement of body parts w/o visual input

Temporal Lobe

Processing auditory information, forming & retrieving memories, understanding languages

Occipital Lobe

Visual processing center responsible for interpreting and processing visual information from the retinas

Brain stem

Consists of pons, medulla, oblongata, midbrain. Controls autonomic functions, alertness, sleep, balance, and startle response

Pons

Breathing & circuits that generate respiratory rhythms

Medulla (oblongata)

Vital involuntary functions; heart rate, breathing, blood pressure

Reticular Formation

Regulating CONSCIOUSNESS & arousal

Corpus Callosum

Large bundles of fibers made up of axons that connect the right & left hemisphere