cerebellum
coordinates voluntary movement and balance
medulla
controls heartbeat and breathing
frontal lobe
abstract thought and emotional control
motor cortex
sends signals to our body controlling muscle movements
broca's area
responsible for controlling muscles that provide speech
visual cortex
receives written words as visual stimulation
wernicke's area
interprets auditory code
parietal lobe
receives sensory input for touch and body position
sensory cortex
receives incoming touch sensations from the rest of the body
occipital lobe
deals with vision
visual cortex
interprets messages from our eyes
temporal lobe
process sound sensed by our ears
medulla oblongata
blood pressure, heart rate, breathing
pons
facial expressions, sleep, swallowing
reticular formation
controls arousal and ability to focus our attention
thalamus
receives sensory signals from spinal cord and sends it to other parts of forebrain
hypothalamus
controls and regulates sexual arousal, body temp, hunger, thirst, endocrine system
hippocampus
involved in processing and storage of memories
amygdala
how we process memory, volatile emotions like anger