Brain Games: Parts of the Brain

2. sit at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion.
8. The cerebellum controls balance for walking and standing, and other complex motor functions.
9. connect the two brain hemispheres, permitting communication between the right and left sides of the brain.
10. vital for sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell.
11. the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli (4), including detection of threat and activation of appropriate fear-related behaviors in response to threatening or dangerous stimuli.
12. your body's information relay station.
13. It handles unconscious processes and jobs, such as your sleep-wake cycle and breathing.

1. the largest lobes in the human brain and important for voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions.
3. They are most commonly associated with processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory
4. It has a major role in learning and memory.
5. helps control vital processes like your heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure.
6. Its main function is to keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis.
7. It regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction through the hormones that it produces