Parts of Brain

5. Vital to understanding and comprehension of language
9. The lobe responsible for sensory information received from the outside world; includes the somatic sensory cortex
10. Responsible for automatic functions such as breathing, blood pressure, circulation, and digestion (as well as reflexes for swallowing, coughing, sneezing and vomiting)
12. “Little brain” that helps control voluntary movements such as eye movement as well as coordination and balance
14. The lobe responsible for motor control, high-end functioning like speech, judgment, and decision making
15. The lobe involved with sight; back of head
16. Contains neurons that influence emotions such as aggression and fear

1. Vital for the formation of memories
2. The lobe involved with hearing; sides of head
3. Largest and most highly developed part of brain; responsible for higher emotional and cognitive functions (e.g. perception, motor functions, inteligence)
4. Key area of reading and writing function; structural abnormalities in this area can lead to dyslexia
6. Connects the 2 hemispheres of brain
7. In charge of “maininance” behaviors such as eating, drinking, and body temperature + Helps control endocrine system.
8. Transmits information from the body to the brain as part of the central nervous system
9. acts as a major pathway for motor and sensory information between the body and higher-level brain functioning
11. is Associated with speech production and articulation
13. Known as the “sensory switchboard”