1. Biological Bases of Behavior Make 4 Column's Titled: Structure, Location, Function, Damage
8-10% of the AP Exam
An intro to the relationship between physiological processes and behavior

2. The Brain
Is there anything you do in a 24 hour period, which is not related to operations in your brain?
Pinky and The Brain
Parts of the brain: Crash Course

3. Key Structures of the Brain Make 4 Column's Titled: Structure, Location, Function, Damage
Wernicke’s Area
Temporal/parietal lobe (left side)
Center for understanding language
Damage = may result in losing ability to understand speech or parts of it. Ex: may be able to understand nouns and verbs, but not prepositions.
Broca’s Area
Frontal lobe (left side)
Center for expressing language
Damage = loss of speech or inability to say what is intended

4. Key Structures, con’t Thalamus Cerebellum Forebrain
Sends sensory and motor messages to other parts of brain
Damage = may result in sensory experiences not being sent to other areas of brain to be recorded as memories
Cerebellum
Hindbrain
Controls walking, balance, coordination
Damage = ability to walk smoothly or coordinate sight with action

5. Key Structures, con’t Auditory Cortex Primary visual cortex
Temporal lobe
Center for hearing
Damage = sensations from ear recv’d by brain but may not be interpreted “perceptive deafness”
Primary visual cortex
Occipital lobe
Reconstruct visual images
Damage = signals sent from eye may not be coded into recognizable images

6. Key Structures, con’t Hypothalamus Pituitary gland
Between thalamus and pituitary gland
Regulates emotions, hunger & thirst
Damage = may result in eating disorders (either over-eating or under-eating)
Pituitary gland
Beneath hypothalamus
Controls body’s endocrine system
Damage = may affect growth, metabolism and sex drive

7. Key Structures, Con’t Pons “The Bridge” Brain Stem
Connects upper and lower parts of the brain. Relays messages from the cortex and the cerebellum. Also plays key role in sleeping & dreaming
damage = messages would not be able to be transmitted

8. Key Structures, con’t Cerebral Cortex Medulla Forebrain
Center for info processing, rational thought, decision making
Damage = reasoning abilities may be altered = may react more emotionally
Medulla
Hindbrain
Regulates vital involuntary functions like breathing & blood flow
Damage = severe damage could result in death

9. About The Brain Videos/Resources
Video (19 min) Psych Files: Parts of the Brain
Intro to Biopsychology (15 min) = Allan Jones TED
Resource: Genes To Cognition 3 D Brain
Resource: The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology