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Psychology; The Brain

These notes cover the following topics: -Parts of the brain and their functions -The cerebral cortex -A neuron's structure -How neuron's communicate -The nervous system These well organized notes are easy to understand and include key terms crucial to doing well on an exam.

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What are the four lobes

Answer: Occipital lobe Temporal lobe Parietal Lobe Frontal lobe

2.

What is the nervous system?

Answer: The body\'s speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

3.

What do the sensory neurons do?

Answer: Carry messages from the body\'s tissues and sensory receptors inward to the brain and spinal cord, for processing.

4.

What do motor neurons do?

Answer: Carry instructions from the central nervous system out to the body\'s tissues.

5.

What is the reticular formation?

Answer: A network of neurons that extends upward from the spinal cord, through the brainstem and into the thalamus. This structure acts as a filter for some of the sensory messages traveling from your spinal cord to the thalamus, relaying important information to other areas of the brain.

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Which lobe controls vision?

Answer: The occipital lobe

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Which lobe controls hearing?

Answer: The temporal lobe

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Which lobe is responsible for making movement?

Answer: The parietal lobe

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Which lobe is responsible for personality, emotions, ideas, thought, and planning?

Answer: The frontal lobe

10.

What is corpus callosum?

Answer: A wide band of neural fibers that connect the brain\'s two hemispheres and carries messages between them.

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