Questions and Answers
What are the four f's?
Food, fighting, fleeing, and family.
What is the hippocampus involved in?
The coding of memory.
What is the function of the amygdala?
It is the emotional center of the brain.
What is the cerebral hemisphere?
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What is the hypothalamus responsible for?
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What is Broca's Area associated with?
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What is Wernicke's Area associated with?
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What is split brain research?
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Who is Roger Sperry?
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Study Notes
The Four F's
- Represents fundamental biological drives: food, fighting, fleeing, and family.
Hippocampus
- Key brain structure involved in memory formation and coding.
Amygdala
- Functions as the emotional center of the brain, processing emotions like fear and pleasure.
Cerebral Hemisphere
- Largest part of the forebrain, divided into left and right hemispheres, responsible for various higher brain functions.
Hypothalamus
- Regulates biological drives and survival needs, including hunger, thirst, sleep, and temperature.
Broca's Area
- Located in the frontal lobe, essential for the production of speech and language processing.
Wernicke's Area
- Found in the temporal lobe, crucial for the comprehension of language and meaningful communication.
Split Brain Research
- Results from surgical procedure that disconnects the two hemispheres of the brain, often to treat severe epilepsy.
Roger Sperry
- Psychologist known for groundbreaking work on split brain surgery, particularly in animal studies, which helped illustrate the specialized functions of each hemisphere.
Soma
- The main cell body of a neuron containing the nucleus and essential organelles for neuron function.
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Test your knowledge on key concepts related to the four f's: food, fighting, fleeing, and family. This quiz also covers important brain structures like the hippocampus and amygdala. Explore how these elements interact to shape our behavior and emotions.
