CEREBRAL CORTEX and MEMORY Flashcards
INTERPRETATION
SECONDARY AREAS
INTEGRATION
ASSOCIATION AREAS
Broken speech
Broca’s Aphasia
Seat of emotions
LIMBIC CORTEX
Behavior
Emotions
Motivation
Limbic association area
Plans and creates motor pattern for speech
Broca’s area
Elaboration of thoughts; plan complex motor movements
Prefrontal association areas
Receive and analyze signals simultaneously
Multiple regions of MOTOR CORTEX, SENSORY CORTEX, SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES
Storage mechanism for learning
Memory
Result of previous neural activity
Memory
Types of memory
Short term memory
Intermediate term memory
Long term memory
Seconds to minutes
Short term memory
Days to weeks
Intermediate term memory
Years to a lifetime
Long term memory
Physiological evidences of long term memory
Increase in vesicle release sites for secretion of transmitter substance
Increase in number of transmitter vesicles released
Increase in number of presynaptic terminals
Changes im structures of the dendritic spines that permit transmission of stronger signals