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zFunctions of brain regions
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
01/22/2012
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frontal
 Definition
higher cognitive processing, executive function
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parietal
 Definition
touch, proprioception, speech
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temporal
 Definition
speech, memory, hearing
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occipital
 Definition
vision
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cerebellum
 Definition
motor learning, balance
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olfactory bulb
 Definition
smell
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hypothalamus
 Definition
motivation and the 4 F (feeding, feeling, fighting, fornicating)
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pons
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balance, sleep
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medulla
 Definition
heart rate, respiration
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mammilary bodies
 Definition
memory
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corpus callosum
 Definition
hemisphere communication
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cingulate gyrus
 Definition
attention
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spinal cord
 Definition
voluntary movement, pain, sensation
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thalamus
 Definition
relay station for sensory input
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lateral ventricle
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full of CSF, has choroid plexus
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Choroid plexus
 Definition
makes CSF
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Cerebral aqueduct
 Definition
allows CSF to circulate
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Optic chiasm
 Definition
visual input crosses over to contralateral sides of the brain
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superior colliculus
 Definition
low level visual processing
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inferior colliculus
 Definition
low level auditory and vestibular processing
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pineal gland
 Definition
endocrine functions, production of melatonin
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amygdala
 Definition
emotion, memory
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