Question

The frontal lobes of the brain shut down during dreaming sleep. The amygdala and hippocampus, however, are active. What are these three areas of the brain responsible for and how do they impact dreaming?

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The frontal lobes of the brain shut down during dreaming sleep. The amygdala and hippocampus, however, are active. What are these three areas of the brain responsible for and how do they impact dreaming?

These three areas of brain carry out important functions, which are as follows:

• Frontal lobes: the frontal lobe is present on the front side of the human brain and is known to be one of the largest of the four lobes. This is present in the cerebral cortex. And is located on the front side of the cerebral hemispheres. The frontal lobes are seaparated from the parietal lobe by the Central sulcus, which is a groove formed between tissues. There are presence of neurons that are dopamine sensitive, , which carries out functions of attention, planning, rewards, tasks of short term memory, attention as well as motivation. The frontal cortex regulates walking activities and is the house of the primary motor cortex. It also helps in predictionof future consequences, suppression of the responses that are socially unacceptable.
• Amygdala: this forms the part of the limbic system, that are located within the temporal lobe. The amygdala performs actions of decision making, memory processing A well as emotional responses. These are nuclei which are almond shaped, and are located medically in the temporal lobe. Amygdala is connected to the hypothalamus, which would be sending projections to it, the trigeminal nerve nuclei as well as the thalami reticular nucleus and facial nerves.
• Hippocampus: this is one of the major components of brain. This is also a part of the limbic system,, where, two hippocampi are present on both sides of the brain. It plays an important role in memory where, both spatial memory, long term memory and spatial memory consolidation is carried out.