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You have:
Reptilian Brain:
Instinct, fixed actions, emotion.
Formed from: amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamus
Amygdala is mainly emotions, thalamus integrates your senses, hypothalamus deals with stress responses and hormones.
Palaeomammalian Brain:
Behavioural flexibility and learning/memory (basic). Found in lots of mammals. Combines with reptilian brain to form limbic system. Contains hippocampus (memory, esp spatial)
Neomammalian Brain:
Language and higher thought. Made of the right and left cortex
Hope that helps!
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