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-fear processing
-emotion processing
-learning
-fight or flight response
-reward processing
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Basal Ganglia
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-movement regulation
-skill learning
-habit formation
-reward systems
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Brain Stem
-maintaining homeostasis by controlling autonomic functions
-alertness
-sleep
-balance
-startle response |
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Broca's area
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-language production
-comprehension of complex syntax
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Cerebellum
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-coordination of voluntary movement
-motor learning
-balance
-reflex memory
-posture
-timing
-sequence learning
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Cingulate Gyrus
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-pain processing
-emotion
-memory
-self regulation
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Corpus Callosum
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-connects right and left hemispheres
-passes information between the right and left hemispheres
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Dentate gyrus
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-memory formation
-possible role in memory recall
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Entorhinal Cortex
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-declarative memory
-spatial memory
-self localization
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Frontal Lobe
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-executive processes(decision making planning, problem solving, thinking, among other things)
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Hippocampus
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-early memory storage
-formation of long term memory
-spatial navigation
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Hypothalamus
-hunger
-thirst
-body temperature
-sexual activity
-arousal
-parenting
-perspiration
-blood pressure
-heart rate
-shivering
-pupil dilation
-circadian rhythms
-sleep |
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Limbic System
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-memory storage
-regulating emotion
-processing smells
-sexual arousal
StEPS
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Middle and Inferior Temporal Gyri
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-word retrieval
-language ad sematic memory processing
-visual perception
-multimodal sensory integration
-autobiographical memory
-visual recognition
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Parietal Lobe
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-perception and integration of somatosensory
-visuospatial processing
-spatial attention
-spatial mapping
-number representation
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Peririhinal Cortex
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-object recognition
-memory formation and storage
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Pons
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-regulating breathing taste and autonomic functions
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Prefrontal Cortex
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-executive processes(decision making, problem solving, planning, and thinking)
-attention
-inhibition
-intelligence
-social skills
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Premotor Cortex
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-planning and executing motor movements
-imitation
-empathy
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Primary Motor Cortex
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-coordination and initiation of motor movements
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Somatosensory Cortex
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-sensory processing and integration
-memory processing
-regulation of the body's response to stress
-spatial navigation
-information processing
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Superior Temporal Gyrus
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-sound processing
-speech processing and comprehension
-auditory memory
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Temporal Lobe
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-recognition
-perception
-understanding language
-learning and memory
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Thalamus
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-relaying motor and sensory information
-memory
-alertness
-consciousness
-contributes to perception and cognition
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Ventricles
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-cushions and protects the brain
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