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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/22/2011

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sympathetic nervous system
Definition
mobilizes bodily resources ("fight or flight")
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parasympathetic nervous system
Definition
conserves bodily resources ("save and store")
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cerebellum
Definition
coordinates muscle movement, balance
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medulla
Definition
regulates largely unconscious functions such as breathing and circulation
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pons
Definition
involved in sleep and arousal
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reticular formation
Definition
contributes to reflexes, breathing, and pain perception; also sleep and arousal
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thalamus
Definition
relay center for cortex; handles incoming and outgoing signals
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amygdala
Definition
part of limbic system involved in emotion and aggression
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hippocampus
Definition
part of limbic system involved in learning and memory
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hypothalamus
Definition
responsible for regulating basic biological needs: hunger, thirst, temperature control
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corpus callosum
Definition
bridge of fibers passing information between the two cerebral hemispheres
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frontal lobe
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body movements, working memory, decision making
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parietal lobe
Definition
somatosensory processing (e.g. touch), spacial aspects of visual processing
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temporal lobe
Definition
auditory processing, including language comprehension
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occipital lobe
Definition
visual processing
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