Brain structure Flashcards
Frontal lobe contain?
Enables higher mental functions that envolve learning and memory , enables control over complex movements like speech, it contains your personality, emotions, reasoning and planning.
Primary motor cortex( frontal lobe)
Works with other brain area and spinal cord to translate into physical movement. generates neural impulses that control the execution of voluntary movements.
Brocas area( frontal lobe)
coordinates movement of muscles required for speech and supplying this info to appropriate motor cortex.
- involved in production of spoken and written speech.
Parietal lobe contain?
Associated with hearing languages and body sensations mediates attention and is involved in spatial perception.
Primary sensory cortex(parietal)
processes sensory info from skin and proprioceptors of skeletal muscles, joints and tendons .different areas of the primary sensory cortex correspond to different areas of the body. it is also capable of spatial discrimination meaning the identification of the body region being stimulated.
occipital lobe contain?
associated with vision and perception. located in both hemispheres .primary visual cortex
Primary visual cortex
receives and processes input from retina, right cortical areas interpret messages received from the left eye, visa versa, both hemispheres get data from opposing eye
temporal lobe contains?
located both sides of the brain
left side is associated with language, learning, memorizing, forming words
right side is associated with learning, memorising, recognition of non verbal forms and determining facial expressions.
wernickes areas?
allows for production of speech that is comprehensible by others, sequencing words so sentences make sense
damaged- results in patient who can produce speech but cannot form sequences of speech that make sense to others.
primary auditory cortex. ( temporal lobe)
processing of auditory stimuli, auditory nerves contains sensory neurons that convert sound waves into nerve impulses that go to the primary auditory cortex.
Left side of the brains functions.
receives info from right side of the brain, controls the right side, verbal, reasoning, thinking, controls voluntary movements of the right side.
right side of the brain functions.
controls voluntary movements of the left side, appreciation of art and music, detection and expression of motion, recognition of faces and patterns, non verbal.
what happens if someone damages their parietal lobe
causes numbness and impairs sensation on the opposite side of the body, may have difficulty identifying a sensations location.
what happens if someone damages their occipital lobe
difficulty locating objects, identifying colours,
what happens if someone damages their temporal lobe?
difficulty in understanding and remembering spoken language/ non verbal information, recognising faces,
pre frontal cortex functions ( frontal lobe)
relates to higher order functions such as abstract thinking, decision making, problem solving, logic, reasoning judgement
what is hemispheric lateralisation?
the idea that each hemisphere is responsible for different functions
