Brain Structures Matching Review

Midterms, but can also be applied to other aspects of psychology.

Prefrontal cortex

Executive function, planning, inhibition, and

evaluating consequences.

Basal Ganglia

Movement regulation and habit learning.

Hippocampus

Declarative memory, spatial memory, and adult

neurogenesis.

Amygdala

Emotion, threat detection, and emotional learning.

Thalamus

Relays most sensory information to the cerebral

cortex.

Insula

Represents internal bodily states such as heartbeat

and nausea.

Cerebellum

Coordination, balance, posture, and motor learning.

Limbic system

Emotion, motivation, and reward.