Brain Parts

Brainstem

Automatic Survival Functions (Spinal Cord and Neck Meet, Vital Survival Functions)

Medulla

Controls breathing, heart rate, Blood pressure, and Digestion

Reticular Activating System

regulates consciousness

Cerebellum

Balance & Coordination

Pitutary Gland

Master Gland of the Endocrine System

Thalamus

Relay Station for Sensory Input (Info from senses besides smell)

Limbic System

Motivation & Emotion

Hypothalamus

Controls 5 F’s (Fight, Flight. Fahrenheit, Feeding, Fornication)

Hippocampus

Memory Function

Amydala

Fear & Anger

Reward Center

Plays crucial role in motivation and pleasure

Corpus Callosum

Connects cerebral hemispheres and allows communication between the 2 hemispheres

Cerebral Cortex

All higher level processing (makes us inately human)

Frontal Lobe

Control Center of Thoughts and Actions

Motor Cortex

Voluntary Movement

Prefrontal cortex

Judgement formation, decision making, problem solving, and social interaction

Temporal Lobe

Organizing sensory input, hearing, language comprehension, memory

Parietal lobe

Processes touch, body position, and spacial awareness/navigation

Occipital lobe

Organizes and Interprets Visual input

Left Hemisphere

Controls Right side of body, Language abilities, Focus on details, logical & analytical, Sequential and Ordered

Right Hemisphere

Controls left side of body, Facial recognition, Spatial orientation, Focus on the big picture, Intuitive & Insightful

Aphasia

Speech Disturbances caused by Brain damage

Broca’s Area

Language Expression

Wernicke’s Area

Language Comprehension

Neuroplasticity

Ability for brain to change and develop to form new numeral connections in response to conditions