Brain Areas Mnemonics  Wiki 

edited by Jim Davies

Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa

This is a webpage for useful tricks for remembering what brain areas are associated with.  

Please put the brain areas in alphabetical order. 

It's good to look at

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

for free images to put here. Visuals help!

Areas:

• Anterior Cingulate Gyrus
• Amygdala
• Basal Ganglia
• Broca's Area
• Cerebellum
• Dentate Nucleus
• Hippocampus
• Insular Cortex
• Medulla Oblongata
• Nucleus Accumbens
• Olfactory Bulbs
• Pineal Gland
• Pneumotaxic center
• Pons
• Pituitary Gland
• Pretectum
• Primary Auditory Cortex
• Putamen
• Red Nucleus
• Striatum
• Substantia Nigra
• Tectum
• Wernicke's Area

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