Build A Brain Project

frontal lobe

deals with speaking, planning, and judgment: aka higher-level thinking

parietal lobe

receives sensory input for movement and touch. Contains the sensory cortex

occipital lobe

receives information from visual fields (your eyes)

temporal lobe

deals with hearing. Receives information from the opposite ear and contains the Wernicke's area

motor cortex

controls voluntary movements such as raising your hand

sensory cortex

processes body touch and movement, like temperature and pain

visual cortex

processes visual information as well

auditory cortex

receives and processes the contents of sounds, voices, or music

brocca's area

deals with the production of language and speaking

wernicke's area

deals with understanding language

corpus callosum

ensures both sides of the brain can communicate and send signals to each other.

brainstem

the oldest part of the brain; located near the spinal cord. it is responsible for automatic survival functions.

medulla

the base of the brainstem. Controls heartbeat and breathing.

reticular formation

nerve network that travels through the brainstem and thalamus. Plays a part in controlling arousal and consciousness

thalamus

the brain's sensory control center that receives messages and then directs them to corresponding lobes in the brain. Information about smell is the only sense that doesn't pass through

cerebellum

processes sensory information, coordinates movement and balance, enables implicit memories.

spinal cord

send motor commands from the brain to the body, send sensory information from the body to the brain, and coordinate reflexes

amygdala

linked to emotion (fear and aggression)

hypothalamus

helps regulate the endocrine system. Directs maintenance activities that have to do with the four Fs: Fighting, Fleeing, Feeding, Mating

hippocampus

processes explicit memory

pituitary gland

referred to as the “master gland” because it monitors and regulates many bodily functions through the hormones that it produces, including growth and reproductive development