Visual Attention/Perception Test 2

Conscious perception of visual stimuli requires

Partietal Lobe

Superior Colliculus

Speed/timing of attention

Pulvinar Nucleus

Regulates focus

Hippocampus

Long-term memory. Inside inferior temporal lobe

Lateral Interpositus Nucleus (LIP)

Critical for eye blinking. Inside cerebellum

Engram

Memory trace

Anterograde Amnesia

Inability to form new memories

Broca’s Area

Language production

Wernicke’s Area

Language comprehension

EEG

Helped discover sleep stages

Slow-wave sleep

Stages 3/4. Delta wave prominence. Slow heart rate and breathing.

Reticular Formation

Responds to stimuli and regulates arousal during sleep.

Raphe Nuclei

Induces sleep

Locus Coeruleus

Induces waking by releasing norepinephrine

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)

Controls light-dark cycle of circadian rhythm. Inside optic chiasm