Brain Info

Lobe that is involved in sensing touch, as well as spatial processing, language, and memory.

• frontal
• temporal
• parietal
• occipital

Lobe that understands words and language

• occipital
• temporal
• frontal
• parietal

Controls behaviors (hunger, thirst, sleep, body temperature) through the release of hormones.

• hypothalamus
• thalamus
• adrenal glands
• pineal gland

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Involved in emotional responses like fear.

• amygdala
• basal ganglia
• brainstem
• medulla oblongata

Controls cardiac and respiratory function.

• midbrain
• pons
• brainstem
• medulla oblongata

Lobe that interprets vision (visual perception).

• parietal
• temporal
• frontal
• occipital 

What does the blue lobe do?

• Processes your hearing

• Processes your vision

• Contains your personality

• Processes your sense of touch

What does the yellow lobe do?

• Processes your hearing

• Processes your vision

• Contains your personality

• Processes your sense of touch

Which part of the brain controls your blood pressure and heart rate?

• brain stem

• occipital lobe

• cerebellum

• frontal lobe

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The brain's "sensory switchboard":  directs sensory messages to proper area of the brain

• thalamus
• hypothalamus
• hippocampus
• reticular formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8