AP PSYCH BRAIN

Frontal Lobe

Decision making

Reasoning

Emotion & Personality

Language Production

Judgement

Medulla

Heartbeat

Breathing

Reflexes

Hippocampus

In temporal lobe

Creates new memories

Transfers short term memories into long term memories

Spatial Navigation

Context and Time

Hypothalamus

Homeostasis

Basic survival drives (Hunger, thirst, sleep)

Emotional Response

Produces hormones

Pons

Influential in sleep and dreams

Passes sensory information back and forth

Unconscious actions (keeps you apralyzed while sleeping)

Facial Control

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the PNS

Controls voluntary movement

Processes external sensory information

Sympathetic Nervous system

Branch of the ANS

Fight or flight

Parasympathetic

Calms the body

Rest and Digest

Autonomic Nervous System

Involuntary internal body movement

Adrenaline

Fight or Flight Hormone

Increases heart rate and blood pressure

Oxytocin

Hormone that controls child birth, breastfeeding, and social bonding

Made in the hypothalamus

Acetylcholine

Triggers muscle contraction

Supports cognitive processes like memory and attention

Glutmate

Stimulates nerve cells to pass chemical messages

GABA

Promotes relaxation, healthy sleep patterns, and helps manages stress response

Dopamine

Movement control

Reward and Pleasure

Body Regulation

Serotonin

Regulates mood, sleep, digestion

Norepinephrine

Fight or Flight

Increases alertness, focus, memory retrieval

Substance P

Transmits pain signals and regulates stress

Amplifies discomfort

Triggers swelling

Parietal Lobe

Sensory Input

Spatial awareness

Language

Writing

Temporal Lobe

Auditory processing

Language comprehension

Occipital Lobe

Sight

Broca’s Area

Speech production

Grammar and Syntax

Wernicke’s area

Processes and understands spoken and written language