brain lobes Flashcards
frontal lobe
responsible for higher order thinking, impulse control and voluntary movement
frontal lobe localised areas
prefrontal cortex, primary motor cortex and broca’s area
broca’s area
speech is produced
damage to broca’s area
speech is unable to be produced however can understand language
parietal lobe
controls bodily sensations
parietal lobe localised areas
primary sensory cortex
temporal lobe
controls language and auditory processes
temporal lobe localised areas
primary auditory cortex, wernicke’s area
wernicke’s area
production of meaningful speech and understanding language
damage to wernicke’s area
understanding of language plummets and speech may be produced (gibberish)
occipital lobe
visual processing and visual perception
occipital lobe localised areas
primary visual cortex
