Cerebellum
Controls coordinated movements, balance,& memories of physical skills
Reticular Formation
Regulates consciousness & arousal
Medulla
Regulates heart rate & breathing
Pons
Controls facial movements
Pituitary Gland
Produces hormones that control other glands
Hypothalamus
Brain’s reward center & maintains homeostasis
Hippocampus
Stores memories of facts & experiences
Amygdala
Where we experience intense emotional responses
Temporal Lobe
Processes math & spatial reasoning skills
Frontal Lobe
Controls judgement, planning, & processing
Parietal Lobe
Controls our personality & values
Occipital Lobe
Processes facial recognition
Motor Cortex
Controls voluntary muscle movements
Somatosensory Cortex
Where we experience touch
Visual Cortex
Receives visual information to allow sight
Auditory Cortex
Receives auditory information to allow hearing
Corpus Callosum
Connects the two brain hemispheres
Thalamus
Redirects information to other brain regions
Broca’s Area
Controls speech muscles
Wernicke’s Area
Converts auditory code into ideas to allow inner monologuing
Angular Gyrus
Converts visual representations into auditory code