(Photo credit: Offutt Air Force Base on Visual hunt / CC BY) Without this part of the brain, we would be all wibbly wobbly! So when you sit up straight, pirouette in your dance class or go to hit that home run, you are using your cerebellum!ДЄmong other things, your brain stem tells your stomach muscles to help digest food. This part controls your movement, balance, coordination and posture. The cerebellum is at the back of the brain. Your cerebellum is what gives you your balance and coordination when you dance. Some scientists think your personality, thoughts and behaviours can be determined by the different sides of your cerebrum, but other scientists arenвЂ™t so sure about this. When people ask whether you use your 'left brain or right brain' more, this is the part of the brain theyвЂ™re referring to. The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body! This part is the biggest of your brain! The cerebrum controls your voluntary muscle movements (the muscles that move when you want them to move). (Photo credit: USAG-Humphreys on / CC BY)

The cerebrum controls your muscle movements, like when you play sports. So get that thinking cap on and let's learn about your brain. Everything you think, do and feel is controlled by that big brain of yours! The brain is made up of many parts, but weвЂ™re going to be looking at five of them. Your brain isnвЂ™t just the favourite snack of flesh-eating zombies! ItвЂ™s also the control centre for everything that makes your body move, groove and grow.

What part of the brain controls balance