Brain Parts

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psychology

Thin outer layer responsible for most complex behaviors and high mental processes

Cerebral Cortex

Limbic system structure; responsible for regulating drives; helps govern endocrine system; linked to emotion and reward

Hypothalamus

Limbic system structure; involved in memory

Hippocampus

Thick band of axons connecting and carrying messages between two hemispheres

Corpus callosum

Limbic system structure; influences agression and fear

Amygdala

Coordinates voluntary muscle movement, balance, and some perception and cognition

Cerebellum

Helps screen incoming sensory information and helps control arousal

Reticular formation

Responsible for transmitting info between brain and rest of body; controls simple reflexes

Spinal Cord

Limbic system structure; brain's sensory switchboard

Thalamus

Responsible for vital automatic functions (respiration; heartbeat)

Medulla

Responsible for automatic survival functions (heartbeart; respiration)

Brainstem

Higher-level structure

Forebrain

Lower-level structures

Hindbrain

Helps coordinate movement, patterns, sleep, and arousal

Midbrain

Involved with respiration, movement, waking, sleep, and dreaming

Pons