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What are the three parts of the cortex?

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Motor cortex
Sensory cortex
Association cortex

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Where is the motor cortex located?

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In front of the central fissure

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What is the function of the motor cortex?

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Controls the motor functions
Moving around
Includes face muscles (talking eating)

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What is the cortex made of?

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Interneurons

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Where is the sensory cortex located?

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Behind the central fissure

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What is the function of the sensory cortex?

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Deals with all sensory info/ incoming information from your body
(Touch, smell)

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What are the 4 loves of the association cortex?

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Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe

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What is the function of the occipital lobe

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Visual information

Forms imagery in your brain

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What is the function of the temporal lobe?

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Little bit of imagery
Taste
Smell
Language comprehension
PRIMARY FUNCTION: hearing sound
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What is the function of the parietal lobe?

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Contains lexicon (vocabulary -> spelling, definitions, pronunciation)
Processes touch, pain, temperature
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What is the function of the frontal lobe?

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Personality
Emotion
Abstract thinking
Self-awareness

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What is the Broca’s area

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Speech centre

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Where is the Broca’s area located?

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The frontal lobe

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Hey!! Lobotomy

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Disabling the frontal lobe

  • frontal lobotomy
  • preorbital lobotomy
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Where is the cortex located?

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In the cerebrum

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