AP Psychology The Brain

Wrinkles

________ are called fissures.

RAS

Reticular activating system (________)- Arouses cortex and screens incoming information.

Pons

________- involved in sleeping, waking, and dreaming (involved in facial expressions)

Frontal lobe

________ is the higher level thinking last lobe to fully develop, motor skills, decision making.

Temporal lobe primary function

________ is speech comprehension and speech creation.

Pons

involved in sleeping, waking, and dreaming (involved in facial expressions)

Reticular activating system (RAS)

Arouses cortex and screens incoming information

Glial cells

support brain cells

Auditory cortex

part of temporal lobe

Pons

involved in sleeping, waking, and dreaming (involved in facial expressions)

Medulla

Responsible for certain automatic functions such as breathing and heart rate

Reticular Activating System (RAS)

Arouses cortex and screens incoming information

Pons, Medulla, RAS

We have no control/conscious over these

Cerebellum

Means little brain

Cerebellum

Regulated movement and balance

Cerebellum

Involved in remembering simple skills and acquired reflexes

Cerebellum

Plays a part in human development

Cerebellum

Analyzing sensory information

Cerebellum

Solving problems

Cerebellum

Understanding words

Cerebral Cortex

higher thinking

Cerebral Cortex

Made up of dense pack neurons we call "gray matter"

Glial cells

support brain cells

fissures

wrinkles in the cerebral cortex

Frontal lobe

last lobe to fully develop, motor skills, decision making

Parietal lobe

primarily sensory

Occipital lobe

the vision back of the brain

Temporal lobe

primary function is speech comprehension and speech creation

Auditory cortex

part of the temporal lobe that processes auditory information

Cerebrum

Largest brain structure

Cerebrum

In charge of most sensory, motor, and cognitive processes

Cerebrum

Surrounded by cerebral cortex

corpus callosum

Two cerebral hemispheres are connected by the

Thalamus

Switchboard operator of the brain

Thalamus

Receives sensory signals from the spinal cord and sends them to the other parts of the forebrain

Thalamus

Every sense except smell

Hypothalamus

Perhaps the most important structure in the brain

Hypothalamus

Controls and regulates Body temperature, Sexual arousal, Hunger, Thirst, Endocrine System, The autonomic nervous system

Hypothalamus

It is slow but powerful

Amygdala

Responsible for Arousal, Regulation of emotion, Initial emotional response to sensory information, Plays important role in Mediating anxiety and depression, Emotional memory, Involved in volatile emotions like anger

Hippocampus

Involved in the processing and storage of memories

Hippocampus

Responsible for storage of new information n memory

Phineas Gage Story

railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function

Corpus Callosum

bundle of nerves that allow hemispheres to communicate

Left Hemisphere

verbal processing: language, speech, reading, writing

Left Hemisphere

Controls right side of body

Left Hemisphere

Attention to details, logic, math

Wernick's area

language comprehension

Broca's area

language production

Right hemisphere

Non-verbal

Right hemisphere

Pattern recognition

Right hemisphere

Emotional comprehension

Right hemisphere

Comprehension of tone, sarcasm, irony, etc

Right hemisphere

More artistic

Right hemisphere

Facial emotion