cerebral cortex		regulation of attenditional processes and states of alertness and arousal
corpus callosum		higher mental functions including language, learnung, memory, emotions, and control of voluntary movement
thalamus		conveying sensory information from the spinal cord to the forebrain, control of basic bodily processes including heart rate, breathing, and certain reflexes
limbic system		relay station for sorting and intergrating sensory inputs, regulations of sleep-wake cycles
basal ganglia		emotional processing, motivated behavior, and learning and memory functioning, consist of amygdala, hippocampus, parts of the hypthalamus and thalamus, and nearby structures
reticular formation		bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres
pons		conveying sensory information from the spinal cord to the forebrain, regulation of states of wakefulness and sleep
cerebellum		regulations of movement and coordination
medulla		regulation os balance and coordination