How does the brain direct behavior?
by Lauren Joseph
1. Learning and Memory
2. Social Behavior
3. Emotion
4. Mental Health
5. Sexual Behavior
6. Amygdala associated with fear, anxiety, and aggression
7. Hippocampus involved in learning, memory, and motivation
8. Neocortex size positively correlated with average social group size
9. Ventral Tegmental Area controls dopamine release
10. Fusiform Gyrus responsible for recognizing faces
11. Prefrontal Cortex involved in regulating emotion
12. Neocortex involved in memory and associations
13. Prefrontal cortex controls personality and social behavior
14. Survival Behavior
15. Brainstem promotes movement and arousal
16. Thalamus regulates sensory integration
17. Hypothalamus regulates drive
18. Hypothalamus regulates motivation
19. Basal Ganglia regulates coordinated movement
20. Cerebellum controls timed movements
21. Amygdala associated with memory
22. Pons controls sleep, attention, and arousal
23. Medulla controls respiration
24. Compose the hindbrain
25. Ventral Tegmental Area regulates feelings of reward and is activated in orgasm
26. Parts of the forebrain (diencephalon)
27. Involved in feelings of love
28. Parts of the forebrain (telencephalon)
29. Substantia nigra is part of the basal ganglia and produces dopamine necessary for movement
30. Caudate nucleus involved in storing and processing of memories
31. Midbrain associated with vision, hearing, motor control, and alertness
32. Frontal lobe associated with cognitive functioning, problem solving, and language
33. Temporal lobe associated with developing sensory memories
34. Parietal lobe processes sensory information
35. Occipital lobe is responsible for vision
36. Nucleus accumbrens involved in sexual motivation
37. Parts of the limbic system-regulates emotion. memory, and arousal
38. Parts of the reward system- regulates desire, associative learning, and feelings of pleasure
39. Last part of the brain to develop evolutionarily and in modern children as they age (slow development)
40. medial preoptic area (part of the hypoothalamus) controls proceptive behavior and copulation
41. Prefrontal cortex less active in sex to limit reason and logic
42. Social behavior was promoted by bipedalism and bipedalism promoted tool use which fosters social cooperation
43. Raphe nucleus releases serotonin to enhance effects of dopamine when expecting a reward
44. Amygdala activated during periods of social stress
45. Increased amygdala activity in response to stress can contribute to the development of mental illness
46. Gene regulation in prefrontal cortex is decreased when socially isolated
47. Some psychiatric disorders associated with decreased gray matter in the braun
48. Decreased hippocampus volume associated with depression
49. Concepts:
