PSY BEH 11A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Reticular Formation, Sensory Cortex, Hindbrain
17 Oct 2016
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Located at the point where the spinal cord enters the skull: oldest part of the brain-responsible for automatic survival functions, medulla. Controls vital functions like breathing, heart rate salvation, coughing, sneezing. Looks like a miniature brain: controls movement , including balance and coordination. Integrates information form the muscles joints and tendons required for simple walking as well as thee skilled automatic movements of athletes and musicians. Involves timing and being able to know how if a minute has gone by without looking at a clock. Located between the brainstem and the cerebral hemispheres. Stimulate the amygdala: wild animals turn mellow, mellow animals either prepare o attack or cower in fear, memories about things to approach and avoid. Hypothalamus: regulate thirst, hunger, sex drive, controls the pituitary gland. The brains sensory switchboard: receives information form the eyes, ears, skin, senses except for smell, and sends those signals p to the cerebral cortex fro processing.
