PSYC122 - The Brain Regions (Quicklearn)

Frontal Lobe - Responsible for Planning, Abstract thinking, and executive control.

Parietal Lobe - Sensory Infomation, spacial attention, sensory integration, Object location, numbers and quantities, Where the objects are.

Temporal lobe – semantic knowledge, word meanings, object identification, sense of hearing, What objects are 

Occipital lobe – Vision 

Cerebellum - Control fine motor activity, smooths movements  

Medulla - an extension of the spinal cord – Controls heartrate, Circulation and respiration (basic physiological functions). 

Pons – communicates with the cerebellum and rest of the brain relaying information. 

Basal Ganglia – plan initiation of intentional movements, decide which muscles needs to move for an intentional movement 

Thalamus – More to the center of the brain, central relay station of the brain, most sensory information goes to the thalamus then to other relevant places 

Amygdala - Emotional processing and memory, particularly fear and threats.

Corpus Collosum - is what connects the two hemispheres of the brain. It is a really wind band of white matter.  

Limbic system – a series of structures together known as the Limbic system, related to arousal and emotional processing and emotional aspects to memory. One of these structures is known as the Hypothalamus which regulates internal bodily function, like body temp, hunger and the other four F’s. Another structure is the Pituitary gland which regulates hormones. Hippocampus is important in spacial navigation it also creates and integrates new memories, new memories are formed here. 

Hippocampus - is important in spacial navigation it also creates and integrates new memories, new memories are formed here.