Functions of the Brain Structures

thalamus

sensory info

midbrain

- seeing
- hearing

pons

sleep and arousal

cerebellum

- movement
- balance

medulla

- breathing
- maintaining muscle tone
- heartbeat
- circulation

reticular formation

- controls arousal

- muscle reflexes
- breathing (medulla)
- pain perception
- sleep (pons)
damage causes a coma

hippocampus

memory and learning

hypothalamus

- hunger/thirst
- temperature

amygdala

emotion (fear + aggression)

frontal lobe

- voluntary movement

- thinking
- speaking
- problem solving
- compassion

parietal lobe (4)

- sensory perception

- body orientation

- reading
- language/speech

occipital lobe

vision

temporal lobe

- emotions
- memory
- language/speech

limbic system

• memories

• behavior

• hearing

• emotions

brain stem

automatic survival functions