Brain Regions and their Function
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- Created on: 20-04-15 16:24
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- Brain regions and function
- Brainstem
- Midbrain, medulla, pons
- Site of entry for sensory information
- Mediate arousal
- Vital role in autonomic functions
- Cerebellum
- Input on motor tasks to be performed
- Progress of current motor tasks
- LEARNING of motor skills
- Basal Forebrain
- SMOOTH execution of motor tasks
- Motor Cortex
- Responsible for voluntary actions
- Heavily Wrinkled outer layer: 4 lobes
- FRONTAL LOBE
- Prefrontal cortex
- Plans future action
- Motor cortex
- Controls actions
- Prefrontal cortex
- PARIETAL LOBE
- Somatic sensation
- OCCIPITAL LOBE
- Vision
- TEMPORAL LOBE
- Hearing
- Also contains deeper structures
- Hippocampus
- Learning and memory
- Amygdala
- emotion
- Basal ganglia
- Regulates motor performance
- Hippocampus
- FRONTAL LOBE
- Brainstem
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