PSY 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Autobiographical Memory, Executive Functions, Visual Cortex
The Brain Part 2
• Remember
o Neurons are the basic building blocks of the brain
o It is this basic neuronal process that leads to how your brain communicates
• The Brain
o Different areas of the brain do different things
o Most knowledge from brain damaged and animals
o Phineas Gage
o Patrick Lawler
▪ Littleton CO
▪ Went to dentist complaining of toothache
▪ Accidentally shot himself 1 week earlier with nail gun
o Three Major Sections
▪ Hindbrain
▪ Midbrain
▪ Forebrain
• The Hindbrain
o Most primitive
o Cotrols older rai futios
o Contains the cerebellum and brainstem
o Every living thing has a hindbrain
o Brainstem
▪ Connects to spinal cord
▪ Responsible for basic life functions
▪ involuntary
o Cerebellum
▪ little rai
▪ responsible for motor movements
• The Midbrain
o Neural relay station
o Sensory Reactions
▪ Orient to visual and auditory events
o Contains the Limbic System
o Regulates emotions and motives
• The Limbic System
o Thalamus
▪ Receives movement and sensory info
▪ Sends it to appropriate place
▪ Relay station
o Hypothalamus
▪ elow the thalaus
▪ regulates hunger, body temp, thirst, emotion
▪ Futios: 4 F’s
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