Ch. 3.2 The cerebral cortex

Question 1

Each column extends through several ________ in the cerebral cortex. And the _____ has six layers.

Answer 1

laminae. laminae = layers of cell bodies

Question 2

De 4 lappene?

Answer 2

The occipital, parietal, temporal and frontal lobe.

Question 3

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary audi- tory cortex?

Answer 3

Temporal lobe

Question 4

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary somatosensory cortex?

Answer 4

Parietal lobe

Question 5

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary visual cortex?

Answer 5

Occipital lobe

Question 6

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary motor cortex?

Answer 6

Frontal lobe

Question 7

What are the functions of the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 7

The posterior portion contributes to
- control of movement

The middle portion pertains to
- working memory
- cognitive control
- emotion

The anterior portion
- compares various types of information for making a decision.

Question 8

What is the binding problem?

Answer 8

The question of how various brain areas produce a perception of a single object

The binding problem is the question of how the brain combines activity in different brain areas to produce unified perception and coordinated behavior. Binding requires identifying the location of an object and perceiving sight, sound, and other aspects of a stimulus as being simultaneous. When the sight and sound appear to come from the same location at the same time, we bind them as a single experience.