Cortical Function Flashcards

1
Q

What is the role of Broca’s area in the non-dominant hemisphere?

A

Speech synchronisation

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2
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What is the effect of frontal eye field stimulation in one hemisphere?

A

Conjugate eye movements in contralateral direction

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What is the role of Wernicke’s area in the dominant hemisphere?

A

Language comprehension

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4
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What info type is carried in the dorsal stream from V1 to the parietal lobe?

A

Object spatial location

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5
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What info type is carried in the ventral stream from V1 to the temporal lobe?

A

Object identification

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6
Q

A lesion of which brain area and on which side causes prosopagnosia?

A

Right fusiform face area

But active bilaterally when identifying faces

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7
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What is the visual word form area and where is it located?

A

Identifying words and letters from visual input

Near the left fusiform face area

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8
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What is the role of the parahippocampal place area?

A

Recognises visual information of places

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9
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What are the roles of the right parietal lobe?

A

Body image - recognising body as own
Construction ability
Arithmatic
Stereognosis - perception of form of object using only tactile info

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10
Q

What are the roles of the prefrontal cortex?

A

Forward planning
Decision-making
Personality

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11
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What is the role of the corpus callosum?

A

Connects 2 hemispheres

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12
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What is the role of the anterior commissure?

A

Connects temporal lobes

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