Major Parts of the Brain and functions

What is the largest part of the brain responsible for higher-order functions like thought, language, and personality?

• Cerebellum

• Brainstem

• Cerebrum

• Temporal Lobe

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating balance and motor control?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brainstem

• Frontal Lobe

Which two things does the corpus callosum connect:

• The brain to the spinal cord

• The left and right hemispheres of the brain

• The cerebellum to the cerebrum

• The brain to the brainstem

Which lobe (section) of the cerebrum is primarily responsible for processing or interpreting visual information?

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Which Lobe (section) of the Cerebrum is responsible for the following:

Planning and decision-making, Personality and behavior,   Voluntary movement,

    and Attention and concentration?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

Which of the following does these tasks: regulates automatic functions such as sleep cycles, breathing, body temperature, digestion, heart rate, coughing, and sneezing?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

• Spinal cord

Where do you find the Temporal Lobe of the Cerebrum which deals with understanding, language, memory acquisition, face recognition, object recognition, perception, and auditory information processing?

• Near the ear and temples

• On top of the head

• At the back of the head

• Behind the forehead

Which Lobe (section) of the Cerebrum is at the top and center of the brain which integrates information from the body’s senses to allow us to build an organized picture of the world around us?

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

Based on the Left Brain-Right Brain Dominance Theory, the LEFT Hemisphere of the brain is responsible for ALL of these EXCEPT ONE?

• Logical thinking and Reasoning

• Creativity

• Language skills

• Numbers

Which of the following IS NOT associated with the RIGHT HEMISPHERE of the brain according to the Left Brain-Right Brain Dominance Theory?

• Expressing and Reading Emotions

• Musical and artistic abilities

• Numerical skills

• Intuitive skills