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Functions of the Brain
Understand the basic functions of different regions of the brain.
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Psychology
12th Grade
02/03/2015

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Cerebellum
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Regulates motor movements like coordination and balance.
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What smaller structures does the Brain Stem include?
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The Medulla and Pons
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Medulla
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Regulates heartbeat and breathing
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Pons
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Controls facial expression
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Reticular Formation
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Controls alertness and drowsiness
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Thalamus
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Relays motor & sensory signals to other parts of the brain
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Hypothalamus
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Regulates hunger, thirst, temperature, and sex drive
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Corpus Callosum
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Connects left and right brains
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Motor Cortex
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Controls large scale movement
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Prefrontal Cortex
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Takes control of short term memory and planning
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Somatosensory Cortex
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Recieves and interprets data relating to the sense of touch
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Occipital Lobe/ Visual Coretex
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Controls sight
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Temporal Lobe/Auditory Cortex
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Controls Hearing
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Amygdala
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Influences fear and aggression
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Verbal
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Analytic

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Symbolic

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Abstract
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Keeping track of time

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Rationality

 

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Digital/Numeric

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Logic
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Linear
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Nonverbal

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Putting parts together to form wholes
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Concrete

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Spacial
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Intuitive
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Holistic
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