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Frontal lobe

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Goal directed behavior, concentration, emotional control, complex problem solving, personality, storage of short term memory

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Cerebrum

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“the thinker” is in the forebrain. It is made up of the frontal lobe, the occipital lobe, the temporal lobe, and the parietal lobe.

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Temporal lobe

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Smell, hearing, balance, =Librium, some language comprehension, and complex visual processing

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Parietal lobe

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Sensory projection and association, visual/special ability

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Occipital lobe

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Vision

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Corpus callosium

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“The moderator” is located in the forebrain, and it allows communication between the left and right hemisphere of the brain.

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Amygdala

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“The Empath” is located in the forebrain, and it interprets emotional content of sensory information, and the understanding of facial expression.

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Hippocampus

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“The historian” is located in the forebrain, and it controls formation of new long term memories and the ability to recall specific events.

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Thalamus

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“The router” is located in the forebrain, and it receives all sensory input and channels to correct parts of the brain.

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Hypothalamus

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“The three year old” is located in the forebrain, and it controls responses to basic desires such as hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and temperature.

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Midbrain

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“The organizer” is a part of the midbrain and it integrates several types of sensory information, coordinates visual reflexes

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Cerebellum

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“The dancer” is in the hindbrain, and it coordinates all body movements, and regulates reflexes.

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Brain stem: Pons

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“The alarm clock” is in the hind brain, and it regulates sleep waking cycles.

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Brain stem: medulla:

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“the life support” is part of the hind brain and it regulates respiration, heart rate, swallowing, vomiting, digestion, and blood pressure.