Psychology 3.3 Brain and Behavior Flashcards

From Psychology Themes & Variations Briefer Version 9th Edition by Wayne Weiten

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