As you go down the list, each system becomes more civilized but less powerful: 1. Brain Stem—breathing and other unconscious survival functions 2. Limbic System—the lizard brain. Anger and revenge and sex and fear. 3. Cerebellum—coordination and motor control 4. Cerebrum—the newest and most sophisticated part of our brain, and also the one that is always overruled by the other three parts. There are four lobes to the cerebrum, and their functions are the stuff to be proud of:
