Brain functions Flashcards
1
Q
Voluntary motor
A
posterior edge frontal lobe & cerebellum
2
Q
Personality and problem solving
A
frontal lobe
3
Q
Somatosensory (temperature, pressure, position sense)
A
Anterior edge of parietal lobes
4
Q
Vision (color and shape)
A
Occipital lobe
5
Q
Auditory and smell
A
Superior temporal lobe
6
Q
Speech (motor)
A
Broca’s area in the frontal lobe (left hemisphere)
7
Q
Speech (sensory, planning and understanding)
A
Wernicke’s Area at the junction of parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
8
Q
Biological drives (thirst, hunger)
A
Hypothalamus
9
Q
Emotions (limbic)
A
Near Corpus Callosum & temporal lobe
10
Q
Visual and spatial
A
Right parietal
11
Q
Understanding language
A
Left parietal
