front 1 Amygdala | back 1 Enables aggression and fear. "Fight or Flight." Below thalamus next to hippocampus. |
front 2 Hypothalamus | back 2 below thalamus. Important to bodily maintenance, eating, drinking, and body temp. Main job is to maintain homeostasis. |
front 3 Hippocampus | back 3 processes explicit (conscious) memories, facts and events. Size and function decrease as we grow older. |
front 4 pituitary gland | back 4 The hypothalamus controls the pituitary by stimulating it to trigger the release of hormones. |
front 5 Nucleus accumbens | back 5 Reward center. In front of the hypothalamus.The neural interface between motivation and action. |