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| The parts of the brain that deal with different functions: THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, which deals with thinking. THE MOTOR CORTEX: which controls activity. THE TEMPORAL LOBE: the speech centre of the brain. THE PARIETAL LOBE: which handles your spacial ability. THE OCCIPITAL LOBE: your visual centre. THE CEREBELLUM (or little brain), which plays a key part in adjusting posture and balance. It also acts like an "automatic pilot" when we perform learned functions like riding a bicycle or using a typewriter. THE "GATEKEEPER": actually you have three "gatekeepers": the amygdala, the hippocampus and the caudate nucleus; all relay important messages to different parts of the brain. Illustration from Your Child's Growing Mind, by Jane M. Healy, published by Doubleday, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103. |
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