Chapter 3 - Biological Basis Flashcards
Broca’s area
Left frontal lobe (speech)
Frontal lobe
movement
temporal lobe
hearing
occipital lobe
vision
parietal lobe
body sensory feelings
Wernike’s area
language comprehension
Primary Visual Cortex (PVC)
Inside occipital lobe and surrounded by the visual association cortex
Visual Agnosia
Inability to recognize objects
Visual association cortex does
recognize people and things
Split brain & lateralization
cut corpus callosum = left and right hands can’t communicate
Left hemisphere does
analysis and verbal activity
Right hemisphere does
Synthesis
Central nervous system consists of…
Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral consists of
Somatic (voluntary) & autonomic (self regulating)
Sympathetic nervous system
arousing…adrenaline
Parasympathetic nervous system
calming
Neuromodulators
produced in glands and released into blood, unlike neurotransmitters, endorphins and adrenalin
Why is the brain contralateral?
Images come in upside down and backwards and this is easier to correct for when contralateral
