Ap Psych Midterm Brain parts

Brain Stem

Handles Primary functions

Medulla

Breathing and heartbeat

Pons

Basic Movement

Reticular Formation

Filters stim

Thalamus

directs all sensory input except for smell

Parts of Brain stem

Medulla, pons, thalamus, reticular formation

cerebellum

balance and coordination

Limbic system

border between old brain and new brain

amygdala

fear and aggression

hypothalamus

hunger, temperature, hormones

hippocampus

Memory

Parts of the limbic system:

Amygdala, hypothalamus, hippocampus

motor cortex

fine motor movement/voluntary movement

sensory cortex

Skin senses

Frontal lobe

executive functions

parietal lobe

spatial reasoning

occipital lobe

vision

temporal lobe

hearing

wernicke’s area

processing/understanding speech

Borca’s area:

speaking/forming speech