From Psychology Themes & Variations Briefer Version 9th Edition by Wayne Weiten
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| 917083911 | Myelencephalon/Medulla | Most posterior division of the brain, carries signals between brain and rest of body | 0 | |
| 917083912 | Contains Reticular Formation | sleep attention, movement, cardiac reflexes, circulatory resources, respiratory reflexes | 1 | |
| 917083913 | Cerebellum | balance and movement, first structure to be affected by alchol | 2 | |
| 917083914 | Thalamus | sensory info stops here on way to cerebral cortex | 3 | |
| 917083915 | Hypothalamus | regulation of 4 F's, autonomatic, pituitary gland | 4 | |
| 917083916 | Limbic System Includes | the Hippocampus, Amygdala and Reward pathway | 5 | |
| 917083917 | Hippocampus | storage of memory | 6 | |
| 917083918 | Amygdala | fear | 7 | |
| 917083919 | Reward Pathway | pleasure drugs stimulate this pathway including dopamine | 8 | |
| 917083920 | Ceribral Cortex | convoluted outer layer of cerebrum, a lot of surface area without taking up too much volume | 9 | |
| 917083921 | Substantia Nigra | associated with dopamine-releasing neurons, movement degeneration causes Parkinson's Disease | 10 | |
| 917083922 | Cerebrum | largest most complex brain region, learning thought, consciousness and memory two hemispheres | 11 | |
| 917083923 | Corpus Colosum | what connects the left and right hemispheres | 12 | |
| 917083924 | Prefrontal Cortex | Executive Control System, Monitor, organize, and direct thought processes, Personality | 13 | |
| 917083925 | Left Hemisphere involved with | Verbal Processing | 14 | |
| 917083926 | Right Hemisphere involved with | Visual-spatial tasks, Musical, Emotions | 15 | |
| 917083927 | Neurogenesis | formation of new neurons involve the hippocampus and olfactory bulb | 16 |
