PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes -Limbic System, Neocortex, Thalamus
19 Aug 2013
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Neuroimaging, a machine monitors biochemical events in a series of conceptual slices through a person s brain. The hindbrain controls the basic physiological processes: the medulla regulates cardiovascular activity, the pons controls human sleep the cerebellum is involved in controlling motor movement. Forebrain the thalamus which is involved in integrating sensory information, the hippocampus which is critical for memory processes. Forebrain also includes the limbic system, emotions like the amygdale, and the cortex which most sets the human brain apart from that of other species. Frontal lobes involved in planning and intentional action. Nerve messages are carried by electric and chemical signals. We need additional concepts to understand the brain mechanisms of emotion. Sham rage cannon to propose that the cortex usually inhibits this expression. Children abound with uncontrolled emotion until their cortex develops sufficiently to inhibit their lower functions. Brain trauma leads to the diminished activity of the higher regions of the brain.
