AP Psychology Brain Parts And Functions

Temporal Lobe

Auditory cortex receptive language, understanding language, and has to do with hearing

Frontal Lobe

Has to do with controlling motor, behavior, expressive language, judgment, decision making.

Parietal Lobe

Involved in the processing of touch, pressure, temperature, and pain

Occipital Lobe

, interception of visual information

Thalamus

Controls signals going in or out of brain

Cerebral Cortex

Mental processing & thinking

Broca's Area

Producing language

Medulla

Breathing & heartrate

Amygdala

Fear & aggression

Motor Cortex

Movement

Reticular Formation

Keeps brain alert

Corpus Callosum

Connects left & right hemispheres

Hippocampus

Establishing long-term memories

Hypothalamus

Monitors blood, controls body temp. apetite, & metabolism

Limbic System

Emotion & memory. Includes the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, and other structures

Wernicke's Area

Processing of spoken words

Pons

Sleep & dreaming

Cerebellum

“Little brain,” coordinated movement

Somatosensory Cortex

Touch

Pituitary Gland

Send messages to autonomic nervous system