8. Higher Cortical Function

Question 1

What are the frontal lobes responsible for?

Answer 1

Motor
Expression of speech (usually left)
Behavioural regulation/judgement
Cognition
Eye movements
Continence

Question 2

What are the parietal lobes responsible for?

Answer 2

Sensory
Comprehension of speech (usually left)
Body image (usually right)
Awareness of external environment (attention)
Calculation and writing
Visual pathways projecting through white matter

Question 3

What are the temporal lobes responsible for?

Answer 3

Hearing
Olfaction
Memory
Emotion 
Visual pathways projecting through white matter

Question 4

What processing does the left hemisphere mainly do?

Answer 4

Sequential - language, mathematics/logic

Question 5

What processing does the right hemisphere do?

Answer 5

Whole picture - body image, Visio spatial awareness, emotion, music

Question 6

What are the important areas of the brain in language pathways?

Answer 6

Primarily in dominant (left) hemisphere
Broca’s area (inferior lateral frontal lobe) - production of speech
Wernicke’s area (superior temporal lobe) - interpretation of language

Question 7

What are the 2 broad types of memory?

Answer 7

Declarative - explicit, facts

Non-declarative - implicit, motor skills

Question 8

Where are declarative memories generally stored?

Answer 8

Cerebral hemispheres

Question 9

Where are nondeclarative memories generally stored?

Answer 9

Cerebellum

Nasal ganglia

Question 10

Where does the hippocampus receive inputs from?

Answer 10

Visual system
Auditory system
Somatosensory system
Limbic system