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Components of Limbic System

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Limbic Lobe

Hippocampus

Amygdaloid Body

Fornix

Mamillary Body

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Reticular Formation

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Limbic Lobe

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Cingulated Gyrus

Parahippocampal Gyrus

3
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Involved in Memory Storage

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Cingulated Gyrus

Parahippocampal Gyrus

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Hippocampus

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consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation

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Amygdaloid Body

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Alarm System.

When we are afraid of things, Fight or Flight

Sympathetic - Stress

Parasympathetic - Relaxed and cool

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Fornix

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bundle of fibers (axons) in the brain, carries signals from the hippocampus to the hypothalamus

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Mamillary Body

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Involved in chewing, olfaction and taste. Helps us maximize the flavors we like to eat or not like to eat.

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Thalamus

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Rage

Pain

Sexual arousal

Pleasure

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Hypothalamus

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Alertness

Lethargy

10
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Reticular Formation

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Connects all these together

11
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Brain Lateralization Split Brain Concept

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Right Brain

Left Brain

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Right Brain

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Analyzes:

Touch

Smell

Taste

Sight

Feelings

Non Verbal Visual Patterns (Drawings)

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Left Brain

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Interprets Speech

Reading

Writing

Logical Decisions

Analytical

Mathematical