PSY 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blood Sugar, Sex Organ, Visual Cortex
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Pons ~ arousal level, dreaming; relay station for the cerebellum. Forebrain thalamus ~ critical relay station for upper brain. Limbic system - the amygdala and the hippocampus are connected but have 2. Amygdala ~ controls emotional expression can possibly create. Hippocampus ~ stores declarative memories, not from birth. Somewhat separate from a conscious state of being. The visual cortex (the back part of the brain). The somatosensory cortex (handles touch/ body feelings/ senses). Keeps spatial memories (relativity of where things are). The motor cortex (decide to move things). Conduct planning and reasoning; impulse control (abstract thinking/ reasoning). Phineas - gage lost impulse control planning ability, attentional. Gage"s skull capacity and abstract thought as a result of his accident. Pituitary gland - it triggers puberty, controls growth, triggers ovulation, Thyroid gland - controls metabolism, weight gain/loss& energy levels. Thymus gland - critical immune system component, makes t- cells. Adrenal glands - regulates body salts, triggers fight or flight reaction.
