Also called reptilian brain Purely reactive & automatic ...
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The ‘Old’ Brain
Also called reptilian brain
Purely reactive & automatic
Example: Reaction to Pain
Brainstem - ‘Cus Pavlov’s Really
Freaking Mad
Cerebellum
Pons
Reticular
Formation
Medulla
Pons
Regulates walking &
relaxing
The Pons is activated
when you look at a
calm pond
Reticular Formation
Motivation and Alertness
If someone ‘Tickles’ you you
will be alert and motivated to
move
Medulla
Regulates
automatic activity of
Heart & Lungs
Cerebellum
Helps you maintain your balance
Cerebellum (Continued)
Nonverbal learning & memory
time
modulate emotions
discriminate sounds and textures
coordinates w/ pons in voluntary
movement
Cerebellum (Continued)
Can you tickle yourself?
Your skin can’t tell the difference...
Limbic System or Mid-Brain
Limbic as in Limbo
Parts of the Brain
Cut a HATCH in your skull
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Thalamus
Corpus Collosum
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Involved in memory
You need a ‘Compass’ to
REMEMBER how to get home
Or - Remember the Hippo
Campus motto!
Amygdala
Regulates Fear Responses
Wig rhymes with myg
Scary Wig!
Thalamus
Relays info from body to diff areas in brain
Picture traffic cops Hal and Amos directing
traffic in your brain
Corpus Callosum
Communicat
es between
the two
hemispheres
Hypothalamus
Regulates many metabolic processes (thirst,
hunger body temp)
Hypo the Llamas
The Lobes
Freud Tore his Pants Off!
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
Occipital Lobe (As in Ocular, Oculus)
Processes visual information
Parietal Lobe
Sensory Information, right on the top of your
head:
Frontal Lobe
Complex thinking - so put a ‘complex thinker’
behind the front door of your head
Temporal Lobe
Auditory processing, just
above your ear
Think Tempo & put a
metronome above your ear
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