The Brain (Unit 1)
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- The Brain
- The Cerebrum
- Is responsible for creativity, complex thinking, reasoning, movement, the senses and memory
- Located in the cerebral cortex
- Divided into four lobes each with a different function
- Frontal lobe
- Responsible for intellectual functions and planning
- Helps with morals and appropriate social rections
- Located at the front of the brain
- Temporal lobe
- Located at either side of the brain
- Responsible for hearing and smell
- Involved in memory
- Parietal lobe
- Located at the top of the brain
- Responsible for movement and the five senses
- Where sensations from different parts of the body are felt
- Occipital lobe
- Located at the back of the brain
- Responsible for vision and processing what we see
- Frontal lobe
- The Hypothalamus
- Located in the cerebral cortexf
- Responsible for controlling the release of hormones from the pituitary gland
- Regulates drives necessary for survival
- Links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland
- Can be the cause of some disorders such as anorexia and bulimia
- The Cerebellum
- Located at the base of the brain
- Holds procedural knowledge / skills
- Responsible for motor functions
- HM
- Suffered from epileptic fits so his hippocampi were removed
- His fits reduced but he suffered from anterograde amnesia
- He could recall long-term memories but could not process new memories
- Long-term and short-term memories are stored separately
- The temporal lobes / hippocampi are involved in memory
- Phineas Gage
- Was in an accident while working on a railway line
- An iron bar passed through his cheek and into the front of his skull
- He survived but suffered a dramatic change in his personality
- Damage to the frontal lobes encourages violence
- Frontal lobes are linked to personality
- Looking at the brain
- Event related potentials (ERP)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- The Cerebrum
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