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-voluntary behavior -decision making --judgement -planning, thinking, reasoning -comprehension of language- spoken or signed -ability to speak -coordination and initiation of motor movements |
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-touch, pressure, pain, temperature -integration of somatosensory info -visuospatial processing -perception |
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-auditory processing -perception-smell -hearing and understanding language -learning and language (auditory) - auditory language comprehension (Wernicke's Area) |
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-allows info to move between R and L hemispheres -important in intergration of info |
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-posture -balance -coordination -motor-learning |
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-relay station for motor and sensory info -alertness and conciousness |
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-habit formation and addition -reward systems |
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-Contains amygdala, hypothalamus, and hippocampus -regulates emotion |
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-fear-processing -emotion processing -coordinates physiological responses based on fight-or-flight |
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-hunger -thirst -body temperature regulation -sexual activities -blood pressure -heart rate -circadian rhythms |
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-maintains homeostasis (autonomic functions) |
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-reflex centers for visual, auditory, and tactile responses |
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-bridge from Central Nervous System -relays sensory impulses from peripheral nerves to higher brain centers |
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