ap psych 1 unit brain stuff

Frontal Lobe

Motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior.

Parietal Lobe

Sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell

Temporal Lobe

processing auditory information and the encoding of memory

Occipital Lobe

visuospatial processing, distance and depth perception, color determination, object and face recognition, and memory formation

Motor Cortex

coordinates movements across multiple joints and muscle groups to achieve smooth and purposeful actions

Somatosensory Cortex

(in parietal lobe) Assessing touch, temperature, position, vibration, pressure and pain information from your body

Broca’s Area

speech production

Wernicke’s Area

primarily responsible for language comprehension

Cerebral Cortex

higher-level processes of the human brain, including language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality

Corpus Callosum

connects left and right hemispheres of the brain

Thalamus

your body's information relay station. All information from your body's senses (except smell) must be processed through this before being sent to your brain's cerebral cortex for interpretation. also plays a role in sleep, wakefulness, consciousness, learning and memory.

Hypothalamus

Body temperature. Heart rate. Hunger

Hippocampus

memory

Amygdala

processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety, and plays a crucial role in the "fight or flight" response

Medulla

transmitting signals between the spinal cord and the higher parts of the brain and in controlling autonomic activities, such as heartbeat and respiration

Pons

unconscious processes and jobs, such as your sleep-wake cycle and breathing

Reticular Formation

involved in various physiological functions, including pain sensitization, alertness, fatigue, sleep, and motivation

Cerebellum

coordinating movement and balance

Brainstem

connects brain and spinal chord.

Pituitary Gland

regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction through the hormones that it produces