AP Psychology - Brain Functions Flashcards
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| 15230908121 | Frontal Lobe | Speaking, planning, organizing, problem solving. | 0 | |
| 15230908122 | Motor Cortex | Located in the rear of the Frontal Lobe. Controls voluntary movement for left and right hemispheres of body. | 1 | |
| 15230908123 | Broca's Area (Frontal Lobe) | Language processing, speech production. | 2 | |
| 15230908124 | Parietal Lobe | This lobe deals with touch, pressure, pain, body position. |  | 3 |
| 15230908125 | Sensory Cortex | In the Parietal Lobe. Receives and processes information from senses and more sensitive areas (e.x lips) |  | 4 |
| 15230908126 | Temporal Lobe | Perception, object recognition (e.x facial recognition), hearing, and memory. |  | 5 |
| 15230908127 | Auditory Cortex Function | Located in Temporal Lobe. Processes auditory information. | 6 | |
| 15230908128 | Wernicke's Area | (Temporal Lobe) language comprehension |  | 7 |
| 15230908129 | Brainstem | Oldest part of the brain, where spinal cord wells and enters skull. Responsibilities: Automatic survival functions. | 8 | |
| 15230908130 | Cerebellum | "Little Brain" attached to rear of brainstem. Helps voluntary movements and balance. (i.e nonverbal learning, skill memory, coordination) | 9 | |
| 15230908131 | Medulla | Located in Brain Stem. Controls heartbeat and breathing. | 10 | |
| 15230908132 | Reticular Formation (Midbrain) | Nerve network within the Brain Stem. Plays an important part in controlling arousal and attentiveness. | 11 | |
| 15230908133 | Pons | Sits just above the Medulla (Brain Stem). Helps relay signals to cerebellum that deal with sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, facial sensation, and posture. | 12 | |
| 15230908134 | Thalamus | Located on top of brainstem. A sensory switchboard. Directs messages to the sensory areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla (i.e seeing, hearing, tasting, touching). | 13 | |
| 15230908135 | Limbic System | Doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebrum. Associated with emotions such as fear and aggression, and drives for food and sex. REMEMBER Mr. HAH | 14 | |
| 15230908136 | Hippocampus | Located in limbic system. Explicit memory formation and LEARNING (connecting past and present memories). | 15 | |
| 15230908137 | Amygdala | Two almond-shaped neural clusters in Limbic System, connected to ends of Hippocampus. Linked to the emotions of fear and anger. | 16 | |
| 15230908138 | Hypothalamus | Lies below the thalamus within the Limbic System. Directs maintenance activities such as eating, drinking, body temperature, and control of emotions. Also governs the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. FANTASTIC FOUR: FIGHT, FLEE, FEED, FORNICATE. | 17 | |
| 15230908139 | Left Hemisphere | - positive emotions - controls muscles used in speech - controls sequence of movements - speaking and writing spontaneously - memory for words and numbers - understanding speech and numbers | 18 | |
| 15230908140 | Right Hemisphere | - negative emotions - response to simple commands - memory for shapes and music - interpreting spatial relationships and visual images - recognizing faces | 19 |