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Frontal Lobe
Involved in problem solving, emotion regulation, planning, and voluntary movement.
Parietal Lobe
Processes sensory information, including touch, temperature, and pain.
Occipital Lobe
Primary area for processing visual information.
Temporal Lobe
Involved in auditory processing, comprehension, and memory.
Hippocampus
Crucial for the formation of new memories and spatial navigation.
Amygdala
Involved in emotional processing, fear responses, and memory formation.
Thalamus
Relays sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex.
Hypothalamus
Regulates autonomic nervous system and endocrine functions, controls hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
Cerebellum
Coordinates voluntary movements, balance, and posture.
Brainstem
Controls basic life functions such as breathing, heart rate, and sleep cycles.
Broca's Area
Associated with speech production and language comprehension.
Wernicke's Area
Involved in language comprehension.
Prefrontal Cortex
Involved in complex behaviors such as planning, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior.
Insula
Involved in consciousness, emotion, and homeostasis.
Basal Ganglia
Associated with movement control, procedural learning, routine behaviors/habits, and emotion.
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