an English doctor who published the Cerebri Anatome in which he described the anatomy and function of the human brain ; developed the first detailed description of the many major parts of the brain , the cranial nerves , ventricles , and blood circulation within the brain through autopsies and systematic dissections ; identified and described the ...
The cerebellum plays an important role in balance, motor control, but is also involved in some cognitive functions such as attention, language, emotional functions (such as regulating fear and pleasure responses) and in the processing of procedural memories.
Executive Attention Network. The part of the brain that is responsible for the kind of attention we use when a task focuses on conflict. On the Stroop task for example you need to inhibit your automatic response of reading a word, so that you can name the color of the ink. Bottleneck Theories.