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| sometimes called the "reptilian brain" |
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| controls heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration |
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| "bridge" connecting medulla to the cerebral cortex; helps connect the right and left hemishpheres; important for sleep & dreaming - REM happens here |
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| Reticular Formation a.k.a. RAS |
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| extends up to the thalamus; plays a very important role in controlling arousal, specifically our sleep cycle and our ability to respond to other stimuli such as attention |
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| Latin for "little brain"; controls voluntary movements and balance |
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| "sensory switchboard"; receives sensory information and processes it before sending it to the rest of the brain (except for smell, which is sent directly to the rest of the brain) |
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| (part of lower brain) ring of structures (including the hypolthalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala) with more structures inside the ring as well |
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| influences behaviors related to eating, drinking, some emotional responses, temperature control, and sexual behaviors |
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| processes and stores long-term memories |
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| almond-shaped structure; processes emotional responses |
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| divides R & L Hemispheres |
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| divides Temporal and Frontal/Parietal Lobes |
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| Fissure of Rolando a.k.a. Central Fissure |
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| divides Motor and Sensory Strip |
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| divides Motor Strip from Frontal Lobe |
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| divides Sensory Strip from Parietal Lobe |
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| complex thought (long range planning, judgement, emotional contol) |
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| kinesthetic processing (lets your brain know where your extremities/body parts are in space) |
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| (in Parietal Lobe) sensory messages received in this area |
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| (in Frontal Lobe) motor messages sent to motor neurons from here |
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| enables muscle coordination that allows for speech |
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| processes auditory language |
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| a problem with either Broca's Area or Wernicke's area is called this |
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| performed the split-brain experiment to relieve the seizures of an epilepsy patient; severed the Corpus Callosum, the R & L Hemispheres could no longer communicate; some interesting effects included trouble relaying words flashed in left peripheral field verbally; these problems can be easily solved by turning head to fill both visual fields, patient could function normally |
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| Right peripheral field goes to the ____ Hemisphere |
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| Left peripheral field goes to the ____ Hemisphere |
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| Spoken Language is processed in the ____ Hemisphere |
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| thick bundle of neurons that connect the R & L Hemispheres |
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