Brain functions Flashcards

voluntary motor control of skeletal muscles

Frontal lobe

personality

Frontal lobe

higher intellectual processes (concentration, planning, decision making)

Frontal lobe

verbal communication (Broca's area- directs muscles involved in speech)

Frontal lobe

interpretation of muscular/internal sensations

Parietal lobe

Interpretation of textures and shapes

Parietal lobe

interpretation of auditory sensations

Temporal lobe

Storage (memory) of auditory and visual experiences

Temporal lobe

Wernicke's- allows understanding of and formation of words (speech)

mainly Temporal lobe (some parietal)

integrates movements in focusing the eye

Occipital lobe

visual image "memory" and correlation with other sensory stimuli

Occipital lobe

conscious perception of vision

Occipital lobe

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hypothalamus and limbic system

aggression

amygdala and hypothalamus (hypothalamus and limbic system)

fear

amygdala and hypothalamus (hypothalamus and limbic system)

feeding

hypothalamus has a feeding and satiety center (hypothalamus and
limbic system)

sex

hypothalamus and limbic system for sex drive and sexual behavior;
cerebrum also involved in sex drive (hypothalamus and limbic system)

goal-directed behavior (reward and punishment)

frontal cortex and hypothalamus (hypothalamus and limbic system)

regulation of breathing and cardiovascular processes

medulla

provide smooth movements of skeletal muscle

cerebellum

information comes from the cerebral motor cortex in the frontal lobe

cerebellum

balance, posture and graceful movements

cerebellum