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Biopsychology
Anatomy of the Brain
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/27/2011

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Term
Forebrain
Definition

Composed of

 

Telencephalon & Diencephalon

Term
Telencephalon
Definition

Largest division of the human brain,

mediates the brain's most complex functions

 

It initiates voluntary movement, interprets sensory input, mediates complex congnitive processes such as:

learning

speaking

problem solving

Term
Cortex
Definition

Composes of four lobes:

 

  • Frontal Lobe
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Temporal Lobe
  • Occipital Lobe 

 

Term
Neorcotex
Definition

90% of human cerbral cortex is neurcotex

 

it is six layered cortex of relatively recent evolution

Term
Frontal Lobe
Definition
Motor control, reasoning, language production, inhibitory control and working memor
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Parietal Lobe
Definition
Somatosemsory, spatail attention
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Temporal Lobe
Definition
Auditory processing, langauge comprehension, and object recontion
Term
Occipital Lobe
Definition
Visual processing
Term
Hippocampus
Definition

Structure of the medial temporal lobes

 

plays a role in memory for spatial locaition 

Term
Limbic System 
Definition

Is a circuit of midline brain structure that circles the thalamus

 

Invovled in the regulation of motivated behaviors, the Four F's:

Fleeing

Feeding

Fighting

Fucking (sexual behaviour)

Term
Amygdala
Definition

Almond-shaped nucleus in the aterior temporal lobe.

 

Amygdala (Emotion) and

Hippocampus (Memor)

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