Parts of the Brain

What part of the Brain plays an important role in emotions, especially fear?

• Amygdala

• Brain Stem

• Cerebrum

• Hypothalamus

What part of the brain is vital body functions, such as heartbeat, respiration, body temperature and digestion monitored?

• Brain Stem

• Cerebellum

• Frontal Lobe

• Hippocampus

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Where is the cerebellum located?

• Behind the brain stem

• On the frontal lobe

• Near the middle

Latin for "little brain", the cerebellum is responsible for what actions?

• coordinating automated movements

• speech

• personality

• releasing hormones

What is the largest area of the brain?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

The frontal lobe is often called the...

• Executive Control Center

• Working Memory Center

• Sensory Center

• Reticular Activating System

What part of the brain plays a major role in consolidating learning and in converting information from working memory to long term storage.

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

They hypothalamus controls the release of hormones but also does what?

• moderates body functions such as sleeping and body temperature

• checks information relayed to working memory

• controls the excess of the emotional system

• fine tunes our thoughts, emotions, and senses

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What is the thalamus responsible for?

• directs all incoming sensory information to other parts of the brain

• moderates body functions such as sleeping

• monitors higher order thinking

• controls muscle movement

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