Brain Functions

Question 1

Pre Motor Function

Answer 1

voluntary movement

Question 2

Pre Frontal Function (4)

Answer 2

personality, logical reasoningand thoughts, memory, inhibition of impulses

Question 3

Wernicke’s Area Function

Answer 3

Helps the broca’s area with language Comprehension

Question 4

Primary Somatosensory Cortex Function (3)

Answer 4

types of sensations, location of sensation, sensory intensity, works with motor cortex to help with fine motor control, muscle memory

Question 5

Insula (Lateral Sulcus) Functions (3)

Answer 5

Interoception (pain, hunger, temperature of internal organs), Taste, empathy

Question 6

Broca’s area function (2)

Answer 6

language comprehension and verbal communication

Question 7

Amygdala function (5)

Answer 7

Emotional processing related to fear, pleasure, threat, and reward. Regulates body functions when responding to emotional experiences. decision making, social behavior, emotional memories

Question 8

Limbic system

Answer 8

‘Emotional brain’ includes the amygdala, hippocampus, diencephalon, and cingulate gyrus which helps with attention and decision making