1.4a-Hindbrain, Limbic system, cerebrum

Cerebral cortex

Outer covering of the cerebrum involved in many complex brain functions

Cerebellum

Coordinate voluntary movement such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech, resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity

Hippocampus

Essential for memory storage

Wernicke’s area

Involved in language comprehension

Temporal Lobes

Involved in processing sensory input into derived meanings for the appropriate retention of visual memory, language, comprehension, and emotion association

Thalamus

Serves as the relay station for nearly all information that comes and goes to the cortex

Motor cortex

Controls voluntary movements

Pons

Connects upper and lower parts of the brain. It serves as a message station between different areas of the brain.

Frontal lobes

Involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, impulse control, and social behavior

Medulla oblongata

Controls functions like the heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion

Cerebrum

Largest part of the brain, it is responsible for all voluntary actions (walking, speech, etc.)

Occipital lobes

Responsible for Vision

Reward center

A group of neural structures, responsible for incentive salience (i.e.motivation and wanting, desire, or craving for a reward.)

Brain stem

Responsible for basic vital life functions such as breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure

Pituitary gland

The “master gland” of the body, it produces hormones and regulates other hormonal glands

Prefrontal cortex

Involved in planning complex, cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior

Somatosensory cortex

Processes sensory input from the skin, muscles, and joints

Amygdala

Involved in memory, emotion, and fear

Limbic system

Compose your structures in the brain that manages emotions, memories, and arousal

Reticular formation

Involved in regulating the sleep wake cycle and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate, irrelevant background stimuli

Partial lobes

Processes sensory information ever receives from the outside world, mainly related to touch, taste, and temperature

Hypothalamus

Regular’s body temperature, hunger, important aspects of parenting and attachment behaviors, thirst, fatigue, sleep, and circadian rhythms

Association areas

Regions of the brain involved in integrating information from different cortical areas

Broca’s area

Involved in speech production

Executive functioning

Carbonate processes, that regulate, control, and manage other cognitive processes, such as planning, working memory, attention, problem solving etc.