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What is the main function of the cerebellum?
What is the main function of the cerebellum?
Which brain structure contains more neurons than all the other brain parts combined?
Which brain structure contains more neurons than all the other brain parts combined?
What percentage of the brain's weight does the cerebellum account for?
What percentage of the brain's weight does the cerebellum account for?
Which of the following statements is true about the cerebellum?
Which of the following statements is true about the cerebellum?
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What kind of tasks does the cerebellum help improve through automation?
What kind of tasks does the cerebellum help improve through automation?
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What role does the cerebellum play in memory?
What role does the cerebellum play in memory?
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Which of the following statements is false about the cerebellum?
Which of the following statements is false about the cerebellum?
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In what way does mental rehearsal of motor tasks help improve performance?
In what way does mental rehearsal of motor tasks help improve performance?
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Study Notes
The Brain
- The brain is the control center of the body, enabling various tasks to be performed.
Exterior Parts of the Brain
- Frontal Lobes: involved in planning and thinking, rational and executive control center, monitors higher-order thinking skills, directs problem-solving, and regulates emotional system.
- Temporal Lobes: located above the ears, deal with sounds, music, face, and object recognition, and parts of long-term memory.
- Occipital Lobes: located at the back of the head, function for visual processing, visuospatial processing, distance, and depth perception, color determination, object and face recognition, and memory formation.
- Parietal Lobes: located at the top of the occipital lobes, receive and process sensory input such as touch, heat, cold, and pain, and are responsible for body awareness and spatial coordinate system.
- Motor Cortex: controls body movements, works with the cerebellum to coordinate learning of motor skills, and helps the brain recognize and remember the sequence of events in time.
- Somatosensory Cortex: processes sensory information from the body, including touch, pressure, temperature, and pain, and initiates important movements to deal with particular situations.
Interior Parts of the Brain
- Brainstem: resembles the entire brain of a reptile, monitors vital body functions such as heartbeat, respiration, body temperature, and digestion, and is responsible for the brain's alertness.
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Limbic System: located above the brain stem and below the cerebrum, generates emotion, processes emotional memories, and consists of four parts:
- Thalamus: involved in cognitive activities including memory.
- Hypothalamus: monitors internal systems to maintain homeostasis, and regulates body functions such as sleep, body temperature, and food intake.
- Hippocampus: consolidates learning and converts information to long-term storage, and is capable of neurogenesis.
- Amygdala: involved in emotion, especially fear, and regulates interactions with the environment, encoding the emotional element of memory.
Cerebrum and Cerebellum
- Cerebrum: largest brain structure, representing nearly 80% of the brain by weight, divided into two halves (left and right hemispheres), and connected by the corpus callosum.
- Cerebellum: located just below the rear part of the cerebrum, coordinates movement, monitors impulses from nerve endings in muscles, and stores the memory of automatic movements.
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Description
Explore the exterior parts of the brain including the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, occipital lobes, and parietal lobes. Learn about the functions of the frontal lobe which is involved in planning, thinking, and problem-solving.
