Logic, Reasoning and Motor movemont is controlled by what lobe?
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe controlls what?
Temperature
Touch
Pressure
auditory information is recived in what lobe?
Temporal
Partial or complete inability to articulate ideas or understand language because of brain injury or damage.
APHASIA
Plays a role in speech production.
-In left frontal lobe
Broca's Area
The outer covering of the brain is called what?
The Cortex
What area play a role in understanding and meaningful speech?
Wernicke's Area
what is lateralization?
the notion that different functions are processed primarily on one side of the brain or the other.
what is the split brain operation?
a procedure to reduce recurrent seizures in severe cases of epilepsy.
What is the thick band of axons that connect the two cerebra hemispheres?
Corpus callosum
what makes up the limbic system?
thalamus
hypothalamus
amygdala
hippocampus
The "relay" staion
processes most information to and from higher brain centers
The Thalamus
contains nuclei involved in a variety of behaviors
water and salt balance
body temperature regulation
role in hormone secretion
circadian rhythms
sexual behavior
hunger and thirst
sleep
Hypothalamus
what releases horomones or releasing factors which in turn cause pituitary gland to release its hormones?