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Medulla
important in vital body functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blinking; decussation
Pons
carries nerve impulses between higher and lower levels of the nervous system
Reticular Formation
regulates flow of incoming sensory infomration
Cerebellum
muscular movement coordination (voluntary/involuntary), as well as our unconscious learning and memory
Thalamus
organizes input from senses and sends to brain (except smell); sensory switchboard
Hypothalamus
regulates appetites, drives motivation and emotion
Limbic System
Hippocampus: involved in forming, retrieving memories (especially long-term)
Amygdala: organizes motivational and emotional responses, picks up social cues from others and help determine intent
Frontal Lobes
CEO of the brain; executive function, Broca’s area, motor cortex
Parietal Lobes
left: language
right: visuospatial, geometry, music
Temporal Lobes
left: Wernike’s area
right: face and object recognition
Prospogagnosia
inability to recognize faces
Occipital Lobes
vision, primary visual cortex
Wernike’s Area
involved in speech comprehension
Broca’s Area
involved in speech production
Corpus Callosum
exchange information between the two hemispheres; a large set of myelinated axons connecting the right and left hemispheres (left goes to right brain and right goes to left brain)
Lateralization
the brain’s hemispheres have different functions and control different behaviors
Split Brain Studies
if hemispheres were not connected, they function independently
Alien Hand Syndrome
disorder that cuases involuntary movement of hand
