AP Psychology Brain Parts

controls heartbeat and breathing,

• reticular formation
• medulla

helps with controlling arousal.

• reticular formation
• brain stem

influences aggression and fear

• pituitary gland
• amygdala

processes memory

• hypothalamus
• hippocampus

master gland

• pituitary gland
• cerebellum

balance 

• cerebral cortex
• cerebellum

executive command center

• temporal lobe
• frontal lobe

receives information  from sensory, touch and body position

• temporal lobe
• parietal lobe

higher mental functions, such as critical thinking, remembering and speaking

• pons
• association areas

transforms words into auditory code

• association areas
• angular gyrus