3.2- the cerebral cortex

Question 1

what is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 1

the outer later of the cerebrum which forms the largest and most complex part of the brain

Question 2

what is the cerebral cortex the centre of?

Answer 2

conscious thought

Question 3

2 functions of the cerebral cortex

Answer 3

recalls memories

alters behaviour in light of past experiences

Question 4

what is the cerebral cortex split by and what are they called?

Answer 4

split by a deep cleft into two halves called the cerebral hemispheres

Question 5

2 functions of the left hemisphere

Answer 5

processes information from the right visual field

controls the right side of the body

Question 6

2 functions of the right hemisphere

Answer 6

processes information from the left visual field

controls the right left of the body

Question 7

how are the hemispheres connected and what are they called?

Answer 7

large bundle of nerve fibres called the corpus callosum

Question 8

why is this fibrous link important?

Answer 8

allows information to be transferred from one hemisphere to the other

Question 9

3 types of functional area in the cerebral cortex

Answer 9

sensory

association

motor

Question 10

4 things association areas are involved in

Answer 10

language processing

personality

imagination

intelligence

Question 11

what do sensory areas receive and send?

Answer 11

receive information as sensory impulses from body’s receptors

send these to the association areas

Question 12

what do association areas receive and send?

Answer 12

receive information from sensory areas

analyses and interprets impulses

sends these to the motor areas

Question 13

what do motor areas receive and send?

Answer 13

receive information from association areas

sends motor impulses to appropriate effector