Our "reptilian brain"; oldest part of the brain responsible for basic bodily functions and keeping us alive

Our "animal brain"; involved with motivation, emotion, & memory processes

Part of the brain responsible for controlling automatic functions like breathing & heartbeat

Part of the brain responsible for brain activity during sleep

Part of the brain that takes in sensory info./ the "relay station" of our brain

Our "little brain"; responsible for perception of time, equilibrium, non-verbal learning

Fear and Aggression

Central to learning and memory

Houses the pituitary gland; regulates hunger, circadian rhythm

Responsible for planning, judging, personality aspects

Responsible for sense of touch & perceiving spatial relationships

Responsible for comprehension, sound, speech

Responsible for sight

Responsible for connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Responsible for "higher" mental processing

You use 10% of your brain

________ refers to the dominance of one hemisphere in certain functions