PSY 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gregor Mendel, Epigenetics, Theodosius Dobzhansky
5 Jun 2015
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A. hindbrain brainstem: the medulla and the pons. Segment of brainstem between hindbrain and forebrain: concerned with senses: sight, hearing, reticular formation in both the hindbrain and midbrain, contributes to muscle reflexes, breathing, pain perception, sleep, and arousal, forebrain. Largest and most complex region of brain. Includes the thalamus: thalamus where all sensory information (except smell) must pass to get to the. Integrates all senses: hypothalamus regulates basic biological needs. System and endocrine system: regulates the 5 f"s to survival. {fighting, fleeing, feeding, f*cking (mating): limbic system deeper areas. Loosely connected network between cerebral cortex and: controls emotion, memory, and motivation, cerebrum largest and most complex part of brain. Responsible for most complex mental activities: controls learning, remembering, thinking, and consciousness itself, cerebral cortex, cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum, the lobes divisions of hemispheres in the brain. Structure that connects the two cerebral hemispheres: occipital lobe primary visual cortex. Sense of sight: parietal lobe primary somatosensory cortex.
