You are working with a friend to develop flash cards to help your study of brain structures and their functions. Your friend remembers correctly that the ________ is involved primarily in autonomic processes such as heart rate and breathing, and you remember that the ________ is involved in motivation, emotion and memory processes.

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The brain stem is involved in controlling autonomic processes such as heart rate and breathing, while the limbic system is associated with motivation, emotion, and memory processes.  The brain stem is in the deepest recesses of the brain and contains structures primarily responsible for automatic functions that keep us alive. The limbic system envelops the brain stem.

You Are Working with a Friend to Develop Flash Cards