Biopsych: Parts of the brain Flashcards

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Frontal lobe

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Contains the motor area and Broca’s area

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Motor area

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In both hemispheres, controls voluntary movement on opposite sides of the brain
Damage may result in loss of control over fine movements

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Broca’s area

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Responsible for speech production

Damage causes Broca’s aphasia, characterised by slow, laborious speech and speech lacking in fluency

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Parietal lobe

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Contains the somatosensory area

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Somatosensory area

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Sensory information from the skin is represented

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Occipital lobe

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Contains the visual area

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Visual area

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Each eye sends information from the right visual field to the left visual cortex and vice versa
Damage to the left hemisphere, for example, can cause blindness in part of the right eye

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Temporal lobe

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Contains the auditory area and Wernicke’s area

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Auditory area

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Responsible for analysis of speech-based information

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Wernicke’s area

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Responsible for language comprehension
Damage can result in Wernicke’s aphasia, which often makes patients produce nonsense words (neologisms) as part of the content of their speech

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