3.2 The Cerebral Cortex Flashcards
Why is the cerebral cortex heavily folded?
To give us a larger surface area
What does the cebreal cortex do?
The centre of concious thought
Desxribe the Sensory Area
Recieves imformation as sensory impulses from receptors
Describe the Association areas
Analysise and interpret impulses recieved from the sensory area
deals with thought processes
Describe the Motor areas
Recieves impulses from association areas and sends out motor impulses to effectors
How is information proccessed to the left cerebral hemisphere
the left hemisphere deals with Imformation from the right visual field and controlss the right side of of yhe body
How is information proccessed to the right cerebral hemisphere
The right hemisphere deals with processes imformation from the left visual field and controls the left side of the body.
How does information transfer between two hemispheres
Through the corpus callosum
