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| brainstem structure involved in heartrate and respiration; hindbrain |
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| involved in sleeping and dreaming; hindbrain |
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| motor coordination and some learning and memory; hindbrain |
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| consciousness and attention, alerts higher brain centers and blocks some inputs; midbrain |
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| the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres( 3-5mm thick); the body's ultimate control and information processing center; forebrain |
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| motor and sensory processing, high level thinking (last in evolution); forebrain |
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| connects hemispheres and helps hemispheres communicate with each other; forebrain |
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| integration "relay station"; forebrain; switch board |
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| feeding,fighting,fleeing,fucking; forebrain(4 F's) |
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| declarative memory(creating new memories); midbrain/forebrain (Hippos never forget) |
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| receives and coordinates messages from other lobes and is responsible for motor control, speech production, and higher functions |
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| receives information about pressure, pain, touch protection |
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| vision and visual perception |
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| hearing, language comprehension, memory and some emotional control |
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| language comprehension;in temporal lobe |
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| speech production; frontal lobe |
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| where most fibers cross, resulting in contralateral control. |
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| "master gland" that regulates other endocrine glands |
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| includes cerebellum, medulla and the pons |
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| includes area concerned with sensory processes, dopamine-releasing neuron system, reticular formation |
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| largest and most complex region of the brain, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system and cerebrum |
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| ability for brain to reorganize neural pathways based on new experiences |
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| loosely connected network of structures located roughly along the border between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas; composed of hippocampus, amygdala, septum |
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