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Medulla
controls heartbeat and breathing |
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Thalamus
receives info. from senses and relays it to the cerebral cortex
"sensory switchboard" |
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Frontal Lobe
speech production, planning, making judgements, and personality inhibitions |
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Limbic System
Motivation, emotion, basic learning and memory |
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Amygdala
part of the limbic system, responsible for aggression and fear |
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Brainstem
primitive life functions |
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Cerebellum
coordinates voluntary movement |
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Hypothalamus
part of the limbic system, responsible for hunger, thirst and sexual behavior |
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Temporal Lobe
hearing, speech, and comprehension |
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Corpus Callosum
connects left and right hemisphere, may be surgically cut in cases of severe epilepsy |
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Broca's area
controls speech muscles via the motor cortex |
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Wernicke's Area
interprets auditory code, comprehension |
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Hippocampus
part of the limbic system, explicit memory center |
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