Ap psycology brain ****

Medulla

Medulla

Regulate breathing; heart and blood function; digestion; sneezing; swallowing

Pons

Relying messages to other systems

Lesioning

Purposely damage on animal; case study on human who has something damaged

EEG

Electrical activity; what parts of the brain are active during tests

MRI

Picks up soft tissue

FMRI

Functional MRI- hundreds of photos of the brain

Amygdala

Threat/aggression; emotional; determine fear; sex drive; fight or flight- Limbic system

Hypothalamus

Reward; body regulator; body thermometer; need to eat/stop eating— limbic system

Corpus callosum

Nerve fiber connects right and left side of brain

Frontal lobe

Critical thinking and decision making; association areas; motor cortex; prefrontal lobe; produce speech

Brocales areas

Speech hemisphere mostly in left side of the brain

Cerebral Cortex

Two hemisphere; four lobes; front lobe MOTOR CORTEX, JUDGMENT, DECISION MAKING, ASSOCIATION AREAS, MORALITY

Temporal lobe

Auditory cortex; long term memory; smell

Parental Lobe

Sensory cortex; Spatial

Occipital Lobe

Visual cortex

Cerebellum

Coordination and balance

Reticular formation

Alertness

Thalamus

Brain sensory switch board;

Gilial cells

Fatty cells; help protect axons; make efficient

Association Areas

Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions; rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking

CT scan

Glorified x-ray 3D X-ray; detect brain tumor; structural

PET Scan

Activity + Structure; Radioactive Glucose injected; traced by PET Scan

Hippocampus

Encoding new memories- limbic system