Parts of the brain 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyBiologicalA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: emmajohnson111Created on: 09-04-17 16:05 Central nervous system Brain and spinal chord - Sends messages from the brain to your body 1 of 20 2 hemispheres Linked by the corpus collosum 2 of 20 Medulla Involuntary actions 3 of 20 Brain lateralisation 2 hemispheres have different functions 4 of 20 Right hemisphere Creative functions 5 of 20 Left hemispheres Scientific maths and logic 6 of 20 Ventricles Make cerebrospinal fluid in the spinal column to cushion the brain 7 of 20 The cerebral cortex Higher brain functions e.g. interacting 8 of 20 Lobes in the cerebral cortex Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, cerebellum 9 of 20 Frontal lobe Intelligence, behaviour, eating drinking, personality 10 of 20 Parietal lobe Language, reading, memory, meaning 11 of 20 Temporal lobe Hearing, listening, understanding, memory 12 of 20 Occipital lobe Visual information 13 of 20 Cerebellum Memory and practical skills 14 of 20 Limbic system Emotions and memories 15 of 20 Within the limbic system Hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus 16 of 20 Hippocampus New memories - STM passed to LTM through hippocampus - CW didn't have hippocampus 17 of 20 Amygdala Emotion centre - Fear response - Raine murderes had erratic amygdala and animals had no fear when it was removed 18 of 20 Hypothalamus Motivated behaviour - eating drinking sex. Part of the endocrine system. Animals with damage to hypothalamus eat too much 19 of 20 Thalamus In the centre of the limbic system - sends messages from the brain 20 of 20
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