Structures of the Brain

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Structures of the Brain

• Psychology
• Mr. Clancy

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Neurotransmission

• Neurotransmitters
• Acetylcholine- Activates muscles/movement
• Dopamine- Motor control, motivation, mood
• Endorphins- Feelin Good!

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Parts of the Brain!!!111

• Cerebral Cortex
• Upper brain
• Higher order brain function
• Animal v. Humans

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Lobes!!!!

• Frontal Lobe
• What it does
• Decision Making Center
• Good v. Bad
• What alls there
• Motor Strip-Bodily Control
• Prefrontal Area-Decision Making and Personality
• Frontal Association Area-Behavior

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Lobes!!!

• Parietal Lobe
• Sensory Strip
• Occipital Lobe
• Processing Vision
• Temporal Lobe
• Speech
• Memory
• Hearing
• Meaning

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Lower Brain

• Thalamus- Relay center, Sleep
• Hypothalamus- Body regulator
• Limbic System-Paleomammalian brain
• Amygdala
• Long term memory
• Emotional Reactions (rage!)
• Hippocampus
• General memory
• Spatial memory
• Cerebellum-Balance and Coordination
• Reticular Activating System- Reaction

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Hemispheres

• Fissures
• Corpus Callosum
• Left
• Verbal
• Logical
• Exact Mathematical
• Right
• Intuitive
• Holistic
• Approximate Mathematical

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In case you need help remembering