Psychology Topic 1 (Brain Structure)

Temperal lobe

Recognition Learning and memory formation Links memories to emotions Fear conditioning Language centre Long term memory

Temporal lobe primary cortex

Auditory cortex - responsible for processing verbal/non-verbal sounds

Cerebellum

Balance/posture Coordination of movement Plays a role in speech

Medulla

Controls heart rate/ breathing Involved in vomiting, sneezing

Frontal lobe primary cortex

Motor cortex - responsible for voluntary movement

Frontal lobe

Short term memory Executive functions (planning, decision making, attention span, inhibition and determines our behavioural response) Personality and social skills Speech production Temperament Anticipate consequences for actions Regulates mood Symbolic thought (enables us to see things from persons perspective)

Parietal lobe primary cortex

Somatosensory cortex - responsible for processing tactile information (pain, pressure, temperature, ect.)

Pariatial lobe

Spatial awareness (aware of where you are in space) Spatial skills (hitting a tennis ball with a racket) Visual attention Coordination of movements

Occipital lobe primary cortex

Visual cortex - responsible for processing visual information (colour, shape, orientation, motion, ect.)

Occipital lobe

Visual processing Integrates visual information with other parts of the cerebral cortex