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Russell: So the brain is made up of a lot of different parts, and localization is basically the idea that each part of the brain has its own function.

Tinarena: So the right and left hemispheres of the brain, so the left hemisphere control the right side of the body, and the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body. So when I move my right hand, it's my left hemisphere working, and when I move my left hand, it's my right hemisphere working. The corpus callosum is a tract that links the right side of the brain to the left side of the brain.

Tea: The brainstem, the brainstem is the part of the brain that connects to the spine, and it controls the functions most important to staying alive, like breathing, heartbeat, sexual reproduction, swallowing. The brainstem contains the reticular activating system pons and medulla. The cerebellum is near the bottom and back part of the brain. It is primarily involved in balance and coordination of movement. The cerebellum occupies only 10% of your brain, but it actually contains about half its neurons.

Isaac: An example of where I use my cerebellum was when I shuffled a deck of cards, I moved my thumb up the cards and my knuckles into the middle of the card and press down to shuffle them.

Russell: The thalamus is located in the middle the brain, and it's the brain's sensory processing center. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, and it's involved with spatial memory and long-term memory.

Tinarena: So that amygdala is part of the limbic system around the central part of the brain. The amygdala helps me to control my emotions, especially fear and the flight or fight response. So if you just walk into a dark room, and then you put on the light and then you see a dog, you're frightened, and that flight or fight response is controlled by the amygdala.

Isaac: The motor cortex, if I were to move my leg down like this, it used my motor cortex. And if I were to feel this table with my arm, I just used my somatosensory cortex.

Tinarena: So my frontal lobe, it does highly organized tasks, like planning, thinking, other advanced functions that make us unique as humans.

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