Psych: Ch. 3

Shapes information into something meaningful

• Cerebrum

• Pons

• Association Areas

• Thalamus

Regulating body movement, attention, sleep and alertness

• Pons

• Hypothalamus

• Thalamus

• Corpus Callosum

Connects the two hemispheres

• Cerebellum

• Medulla

• Pons

• Corpus Callosum

Involves balance and coordination

• Medulla

• Corpus Callosum

• Thalamus

• Cerebellum

Involves learning, memory, emotion, hunger, sex and aggression

• Pons

• Limbic System

• Cerebrum

• Cerebral Cortex

Controls vital functions such as heart rate, blood pressure and breathing

• Medulla

• Pons

• Limbic System

• Hypothalamus

Outer layer of the brain

• Association Areas

• Cerebral Cortex

• Thalamus

• Pons

Important for attention, sleep, and arousal, located in the hindbrain and rises through the midbrain into the lower part of the forebrain

• Reticular Activating System

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebral Cortex

• Medulla

Regulates body temperature, storage of nutrients and various aspects of motivation and emotion.

• Thalamus

• Pons

• Association Areas

• Hypothalamus

Accounts for about 70% of the brain's total weight and is the site for the most conscious and intellectual activities

• Cerebral Cortex

• Cerebrum

• Thalamus

• Cerebellum