Behavioural Anatomy of the brain

Question 1

Parietal Lobe

Answer 1

Bodily awareness, memory/non-verbal memory, concept formation.One involves sensation and perception and the other is concerned with integrating sensory input, primarily with the visual system. The first function integrates sensory information to form a single perception (cognition)

Question 2

Frontal Lobe

Answer 2

Problem solving, judgement, impulse control, social/sexual behaviour, language, initiation.

Question 3

Temporal Lobe

Answer 3

Motivation, attention, impulse/aggression control, interpretation of sensory stimulation to make meaning, emotional regulation.

Question 4

Occipital lobe

Answer 4

Brain’s visual cortex, process stimuli of the outside world, allows interpretation/meaning to and remember visual perceptions

Question 5

Cerebral cortex (divided into 3 areas, sensory, motor, memory)

Answer 5

attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consciousness.

Question 6

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 6

Focusing one’s attention. Predicting the consequences of one’s actions; anticipating events in the environment. Impulse control; managing emotional reactions

Question 7

Thalamus

Answer 7

Thalamic nuclei have strong reciprocal connections with the cerebral cortex, forming thalamo-cortico-thalamic circuits that are believed to be involved with consciousness. The thalamus plays a major role in regulating arousal, the level of awareness, and activity..relaying sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex and regulating consciousness, sleep, and alertness.

Question 8

Limbic Association Area

Answer 8

This is what helps form memories and translates that to motor responses and processes emotions and guides emotional responses. It’s very important for social interactions and expressions of the personality.controls appropriate responses to stimuli with social, emotional, or motivational salience, which includes innate behaviors such as mating, aggression, and defense.

Question 9

Prefrontal association Area

Answer 9

The PFC is involved in memory formation, planning, execution, higher-order information processing, and suppression of unwanted behaviors.