psychology unit 2

• 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