AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1 TOPIC 4

frontal lobe

high order thinking, decision-making, executive functioning

motor cortex

controls muscle movement

the ability to move your body more advanced (learning a new sport)

parietal lobe

processes sensory information like touch

someone touching you can either feel nice or uncomfortable

somatosensory cortex

helps you feel textures and temperature

your tongue knowing how something taste before you taste it

occipital lobe

how you see things and being processed

temporal lobe

auditory information and handle language comprehension

broca aphasia

formation

responsible for speech production. damage makes it hard to speak

Wernicke’s aphasis

responsible for speech and comprehension. make it hard to understand language

thalamus

sends sensory information to the right areas of the brain for processing

hypothalamus

regulates basic drives like hunger, thirst, and body temperature

pituitary gland

releases hormones

hippocampus

major fole in forming memories

amygdala

process emotion, fear and aggression. why your heart races when you’re scarred