psychology unit 2

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    • pons - sleeping, dreaming, waking up and relaying information between the cortex and cerebellum
    • cerebellum- coordinated fine muscle movement like posture, balance, writing
    • medulla - controls involuntary survival functions like heart rate, breathing and swallowing
    • reticular formation- help screen incoming neural information, sends information to various structures of the brain (between forebrain and hindbrain)
    • reticular formation regulates sleep, wakefulness, and consciousness
    • thalamus - relays sensory and motor information to different structures in the brain
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