the brain

• cns made up of


  brain and spinal cord
• cerebral cortex


  majoriity of brain (big outer bit)

  
  

  consciousness, intelligence, memory, language,
• cerebellum


  back of brain

  
  

  balance, muscle coordination
• hypothalamus


  brain region controlling the pituitary gland and regulating body temp
• medulla


  controls heartbeat and breathing
• how scientists study brain

  -study ppl with brain dmg (look at which regions did what)

  
  

  -electrically stimulate diff parts of brain and see what happens

  
  

  -scanning brain (used most today, least invasive); CT scan, PET scan, MRI scan
• why treating brain is so difficult

  wide range of things can go wrong w brain

  
  

  encased in brain tissue (fragile) and skull

  
  

  brain complex, we dont fully understand underlying processes