Motivation and emotion/Brain structures
Brain structures related to motivation and emotion
Brain structures related to motivation and emotion, with links to Wikipedia articles and videos.
Cortical
edit- Cerebral cortex (Frontal lobes) (Wikipedia)
- Anterior cingulate cortex (Wikipedia)
- Dorsolateral cortex (Wikipedia)
- Orbitofrontal cortex (Wikipedia)
- Prefrontal cortex (Wikipedia)
- Ventromedial cortex (Wikipedia)
Sub-cortical
edit- Amygdala (Wikipedia) | Video (19 secs) Video
- Basal ganglia (Wikipedia) | Basal ganglia (neuroscientificallychallenged.com) | Basal ganglia (physio-pedia.com)
- Hypothalamus (Wikipedia) | Video (23 secs)
- Insula (Wikipedia)
- Nucleus accumbens (Wikipedia)
- Reticular formation (Wikipedia) | Reticular formation (neuroscientificallychallenged.com) | Video (15 secs)
- Ventral striatum (Wikipedia)
- Ventral tegmental area (Wikipedia) | Video (2 mins)
See also
edit- Hormones
- Limbic system (Wikipedia)
- Neurotransmitters
- Brain and physiological needs (Lecture)
- Physiological needs (Tutorial)