PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Capgras Delusion, Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe
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The all about the brain video, the guy was just mentioning gibberish. That seems to be what people hear when the brain is discussed. Hindbrain sits on top of the spinal cord, alertness, basic rhythms. Midbrain sits above the hindbrain, coordinate movements (eye movements), auditory pathways, regulates experience of pain. Subcortical structures thalamus hypothalamus limbic system: amygdala hippocampus. Frontal lobe forehead centre of reasoning, planning, some parts of speech, movement (motor cortex), emotions, problem solving. Parietal lobe top of head sensory input from skin (touch, pressure, temperature, pain) Temporal lobe side (above ears) speech perception, hearing, some types of memory. Occipital lobe back receives input from eyes i. e. visual cortex. Cerebellum back of brain under cerebrum little brain responsible for movement, balance, posture, learned activities overtime (e. g. riding a bike) Brainstem basic part controls functions essential to life (breathing, digesting, eliminating waste, sleeping, maintaining body temperatures) maintains life without thinking all of these are automated processes.
