Brains did not appear in heads until animals formed skeletons 500 million years ago. The appear until first human brain 7 million years ago. didn’t The came about in the current model of the brain last 100,000-200,000 years. The social complexities and demands of the human species contributed to the rapid increase in human brain size and intelligence Brain Labeling The brainstem, limbic region, and cortex comprise the “triune brain,” (Concept of Neurologist Paul Maclean 1990) which has developed in layers over the course of evolution. It is a basic and simplified yet powerful organizing concept for understanding the brain and for self development. (See below for and Human Brain.) “Reptile Brain”, “Mammal” Brain, The brain is also divided into two left and right. The front lobe hemispheres, or which is responsible for the prefrontal cortex, “executive functioning,” conscious focus of attention, impulse control, planning, and decision making, deliberated judgments, creativity, deliberated emotion and motivation. The which integrates sensory information at the lower top of parietal lobe, your head. the part of the brain responsible for vision, is locate d at the occipital lobe, back of the head. The sides are the which are involved in hearing. temporal lobes, Inside the temporal lobes are the which is associated with hippocampus, memory, and the which is involved in emotional reactions such as amygdala, anger or fear. Inside the brainstem is the which regulates involuntary movements medulla, like your heartbeat and breathing. The can also be found reticular formation here, which is involved in the regulation of arousal. Inside the which are associated with initiating movement and basal ganglia, controlling fine motor activity; the which sends messages between thalamus, the lower brain centers and the cerebral cortex; and the which hypothalamus, is involved in the regulation of appetite, thirst, emotion, and body temperature. Along with the pituitary gland, it plays a role in controlling the endocrine system and hormonal drives The Triune Brain Concept The Spinal Cord, Brainstem, and Cerebellum, (THE REPTILE BRAIN)
Brains did not appear in heads until animals formed skeletons 500 million years ago. The first human brain didn’t appear until 7 million years ago. The current model of the brain came about in the last 100,000-200,000 years. The social complexities and demands of the human species contributed to the rapid increase in human brain size and intelligence Brain Labeling The brainstem, limbic region, and cortex comprise the “triune brain,” (Concept of Neurologist Paul Maclean 1990) which has developed in layers over the course of evolution. It is a basic and simplified yet powerful organizing concept for understanding the brain and for self development. (See below for “Reptile Brain”, “Mammal” Brain, and Human Brain.) The brain is also divided into two hemispheres, left and right. The front lobe or prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for “executive functioning,” the conscious focus of attention, impulse control, planning, and decision making, deliberated judgments, creativity, deliberated emotion and motivation. The parietal lobe, which integrates sensory information at the lower top of your head. occipital lobe, the part of the brain responsible for vision, is locate d at the back of the head. The sides are the temporal lobes, which are involved in hearing. Inside the temporal lobes are the hippocampus, which is associated with memory, and the amygdala, which is involved in emotional reactions such as anger or fear. Inside the brainstem is the medulla, which regulates involuntary movements like your heartbeat and breathing. The reticular formation can also be found here, which is involved in the regulation of arousal. Inside the basal ganglia, which are associated with initiating movement and controlling fine motor activity; the thalamus, which sends messages between the lower brain centers and the cerebral cortex; and the hypothalamus, which is involved in the regulation of appetite, thirst, emotion, and body temperature. Along with the pituitary gland, it plays a role in controlling the endocrine system and hormonal drives The Triune Brain Concept The Spinal Cord, Brainstem, and Cerebellum, (THE REPTILE BRAIN)
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