Cognition (2) Flashcards
What does cognition include?
Motivation, attention, learning, memory, and communication
Where are the areas of cognition and emotion?
Frontal lobe and parietal-temporal lobe (parts of brain that isn’t directly involved in sensory or movement)
Where is the amygdala located?
Temporal lobe
What does the amygdala interpret?
Other people’s facial expressions, body language, and social cues
What does the amygdala generate?
Feelings of fear and disgust
What is the amygdala critical for?
Emotional learning
What is the function of wernickes area?
Interpretation of writing and language comprehension
What is the function of Broca’s area?
Language output instructions (able to say what you want to say)
What hemisphere is important in spatial orientation?
Right parietal
What hemisphere is important in focusing attention and facial recognition?
Right temporoparietal
What hemisphere is important in producing a plan for non verbal communication?
Right frontal lobe (opposite to Broca’s)
What hemisphere is important for interpreting non verbal communication from others?
Right temporoparietal (opposite of wernickes)
Broca’s aphasia
Limited speech output but can control muscles to speak
Wernickes aphasia
Can speak but do not understand language and speak gibberish
Conduction aphasia
Combination of wernickes and brocas due to inability to connect them
Alexia
Inability to understand written language
Agraphia
Inability to write language
What is consciousness related to?
Arousal, attention, and motivation
What is attention limited by?
Orient
Divide
Select
Sustain
Switch
What is orient attention?
Our ability to locate something related to a stimulus (origin of a sound)
What is divided attention?
Being able to attend to 2+ stimuli at the same time (having conversation while baby is crying)
What is selected attention?
Being able to ignore one stimuli and focus on another
What is sustained attention?
Being able to pay attention to a certain task for a long time
What is switched attention?
The ability to alternate between 2 tasks
What is working memory?
Goal relevant info maintained for a short time
What is working memory essential for?
Language, problem solving, mental navigation, and reasoning
What is declarative memory?
Facts, events, concepts, and locations (longer term)
What is episodic memory?
Personal details (who,what,when,where,why)
What is semantic memory?
Common knowledge not person (state capitols)
What is procedural memory?
Skilled movements and habits (longer term)
