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Cerebrum
The largest part of the brain responsible for higher functions such as thinking, reasoning, emotions, and voluntary muscle movements.
Frontal Lobe
Controls decision-making, problem-solving, movement, personality, and speech production.
Parietal Lobe
Processes sensory information like touch, temperature, and pain; also helps with spatial awareness.
Temporal Lobe
Involved in hearing, memory, and understanding language.
Occipital Lobe
Processes visual information including sight and object recognition.
Cerebellum
Coordinates voluntary movements such as balance, posture, and fine motor skills.
Brainstem
Controls basic life-sustaining functions like breathing, heart rate, and sleep cycles.
Thalamus
Acts as the brain's relay station, sending sensory and motor signals for processing.
Hypothalamus
Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, sleep, emotions, and hormone release.
Amygdala
Plays a key role in emotions, particularly fear and pleasure.
Hippocampus
Critical for memory formation and spatial navigation.
Who was Phineas Gage?
A railroad worker who survived a traumatic brain injury that changed his personality.
Impact of Phineas Gage's injury
Demonstrated the role of the frontal lobe in personality and social behavior.
Left Brain Functions
Focuses on logic, language, and analytical tasks.
Right Brain Functions
Handles creativity, emotions, and spatial awareness.
Executive Functions
Higher-order cognitive processes involving decision-making, planning, and reasoning.
Motor Control in the Frontal Lobe
Responsible for voluntary movements of muscles.
Somatosensory Cortex
Processes sensory information from the body.
Auditory Cortex
Responsible for processing sound, located in the temporal lobe.
Wernicke's Area
Responsible for understanding language, located in the left temporal lobe.
Visual Cortex
Responsible for processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe.
Specialized Functions of Brain Lobes
Different lobes manage various tasks such as thinking, sensory processing, and motor control.
