Functions of the Brain

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There are 6 functions of the Brain

2. Perception or Sensing

3. Emotion or Feeling

4. Behaviour

5. Physical or Somatic

6. Signaling (being responsive and reacting to the environment)

1. Thinking or Cognition

Communicating

Arithmetic

Insight

Planning

Judgement

Comprehension

Processing

Reading

Focusing

Attending

Memory

Contemplation

Thinking (or cognition) includes all of our internal

mental processes and functions

See

Hear

Smell

Taste

Touch

Perception is the ability to use our five senses to:

Emotion is the ability to experience feelings and to express those feelings

to others.

Happy Excited Calm Peaceful Content Serene Joyful Pleased Carefree

Sad Depressed Guilty Ashamed Angry Irritated Annoyed Resentful Frustrated

Anxious Worried Fearful Nervous Panicky Inferior Inadequate Lonely Discouraged

We can also call our emotions and feelings “MOODS”

Mood is the ongoing inner feeling experienced by an individual.

Short term shifts towards “positive” pole because of “positive” life events

Short term shifts towards “negative” pole because of “negative” life events

NormalRange

“Normal mood” varies, but usually remains within a normal range

Initiation of Physiologic

Cascade

Heart Rate

Tension

Alertness

Perception

Sensory Perception(Ears, Eyes, Nose, Touch,

Taste)

Internal Signals

(Thoughts, Emotions, Physical)

DANGER!

Brain RegistersDANGER!

Prepared to Fight or Flee for Safety & Protection

What is signaling?

• Respiratory System• Circulatory System• Nervous System• Genitourinary System• Digestive System• Musculoskeletal System

Many physical functions are under the control of the brain.

• Sitting• Running• Walking• Talking• Listening

• Working• Joking• Playing• Reading

What are behavioral functions?

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