PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parietal Lobe, Frontal Lobe, Auditory Cortex
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Neuroscience: any or all of the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental psychology, which deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and brain. Medula: involve in controlling reflexes that are automatic (breathing etc) Cerebellum: helps us be physically coordinated. (helps us walk, drink, carry books etc. ) Midbrain: the pleasure center of the brain- part of the brain that reacts to things that we find pleasurable. Forbrain: the part of the brain that sets us apart from. Responsible for all of the things that set us apart from being human beings. More wrinkles = more power and more brain cells (cortex) 2 hemispheres that are connected by the corpus colosseum = nerve fibers is what helps connect the left side of the brain to the right sides. Frontal lobe = takes up half of our brain area. It is the part of your brain that helps you to.
