Psych Ch. 3 Part 2: The Brain & Endocrine System

Frontal Lobe

The CEO
Executive functions, decision-making, planning

Parietal Lobe

The touchy-feely one
Processing sensory info, contains somatosensory cortex (the receptionist)

Occipital Lobe

The aesthetic one
Processing visual info

Temporal Lobe

The whisperer
Memory, language, sound; hears and remembers all the secrets

Hypothalamus

The control freak
Checks and regulates vitals, core maintenance functions

Amygdala

The fear monger
Emotional processing, especially fear and aggression

Hippocampus

The memory hoarder
Makes and stores new explicit memories

Medulla

Life support diva
Basic life functions

Pons

Tired mediator
Bridge between spine and brain, also active in sleep and arousal

Cerebellum

Coordination king
movement, balance, posture, coordination

Somatosensory cortex

The receptionist
Lives in parietal lobe; takes more calls from celebrities (more sensitive body areas) than nobodies (less sensitive)

Dendrites

Antennae/ears 
Receive all the calls & texts from other neurons

Soma / cell body

Home base
All incoming gossip is gathered here; it decides if the gossip is juicy enough to get passed along

Axon

Phone line
The line the neuron uses to send its messages once it decides to talk

Myelin sheath

Fancy phone plan
Insulation that makes call quality (signal speed) way faster, so gossip spreads instantly

Axon terminal

The mouth
The point of contact where the neuron actually delivers the message to the next neuron’s dendrites (antennae/ears)