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Location of CONSCIOUS THINKING and EMOTION.
-Initiates movement and speech
-stores memory
-impulse control/judgement
-sense of smell! |
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Below the Frontal Lobe
-storage of memories
-experiencing of strong emotions
-smell and taste
-AUDITORY pathway, transmits impulses from ear to brain
-orientation and appreciation of time |
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Receiving SENSORY information and PERCEPTION
-awarness of right and left sides
-position of the body
-nerve fibers carrying VISUAL info
-understanding what is said |
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Main function is VISION
-light energy converted into electrical impulses by receptor cells, travel along nerve fibers, reaches occiptal cortex
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Integrates VISUAL, AUDITORY, SOMATOSENSORY info about muscle movements
-coordination and soothing effect on movements |
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| Controls cardiovascular system, respiration, and skeletal muscle tone |
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| Band of mylinated axons that connect the two cerebral hemispheres |
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