AP Psych: Unit 2 Vocab: Part 3

Outermost layer of the brain. Similar to bark on a tree- but tissue.

• Cerebral Cortex

• Cerebrum

• Superior Colliculus

• Cerebellum

Brain's ultimate control center.

• Cerebral Peduncle

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Cerebral Cortex

Bulk of the tissue that makes up the brain, 70% of its weight

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Cerebral Cortex

• Superior Colliculus

Rear section of the frontal lobe in charge of voluntary movements

• Cerebellum

• Somatosensory Cortex

• Motor Cortex

• Cerebrum

Front of the parietal lobe, in charge of sensing

• Motor Cortex

• Somatosensory Cortex

• Broca's Area

• Inferior Colliculi

Overstimulated/ Sensitive with Autism

• Motor Cortex

• Somatosensory Cortex

• Broca's Area

• Occipital Lobe

Connection between nerves for sight

• Optic Chiasm

• Wernicke's Area

• Superior Colliculus

• Cerebral Cortex

Sends visual messages to the thalamus for processing

• Motor Cortex

• Broca's Area

• Occipital Lobe

• Optic Chiasm

Part of the parietal lobe that processes touch

• Broca's Area

• Wernicke's Area

• Superior Colliculus

• Somatosensory Cortex

Section of the cerebral cortex behind the forehead

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe