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| Controls life supporting functions such as breathing, heart beat, and blood pressure. If damaged, you're dead. |
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| Nerve network in brainstem that plays an important role in controlling wakefulness and arousal. |
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| Operator/switchboard of our brain. Sensory information goes to the thalamus first, then gets sent out to the corresponding location. |
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| "Little Brain" controls voluntary movements and balance. |
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| Hippocampus, Amygdala, Hypothalamas. |
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| Most important structure in our brain. Neural structure which controls emotions, thirst, hunger, body temp and the endocrine system. |
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| Controls BASIC emotions. (fear, anger, jealousy) |
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| Processes new memories and stores old ones. |
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| Wrinkled outer surface. LOTS of neurons. 20 billion per 1/8 inch. |
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| Judgement, reasoning, rational thinking. |
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| In the frontal lobe. In charge of speech. If damaged, person can form ideas but not express them as a language. |
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| Information processing, sensory cortex. If damaged, has difficulty with math, lack of hand eye coordination. |
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| Process sounds, reading, writing. |
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| In temporal lobe, involved in language COMPREHENSION. |
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| Vision. If damaged, can lead to color blindness. |
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| In charge of artistic things and free thought. |
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| A large band of neural fibers that connect thoughts between the right and left hemispheres. |
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