Gyri Flashcards
Angular
Parietal
Language, mathematics, cognition
Cingulate
Adjacent to corpus callosum
Emotion, learning and memory
MOTIVATION
Fusiform
Temporal
Face + body recognition, word + number recognition (visual)
Precentral
Frontal
Voluntary movement control
Postcentral
Parietal
Touch
Lingual
Occipital
Dreaming, word recognition (visual)
Superior frontal
Frontal
Laughter and self awareness
Superior temporal
Temporal
Wernicke’s, sensation of sound
Reduced in schizophrenia
Parahippocampal
Surrounds hippocampus
Memory
Asymmetrical in schizophrenia
L hemisphere lesions
Aphasia
R-L disorientation
Finger agnosia
Dysgraphia (aphasic)
Dyscalculia (number alexia)
Limb apraxia
R hemisphere
Visuospatial defects
Anosognosia
Neglect
Dysgraphia (spatial, neglect)
Dyscalculia (spatial, neglect)
Constructional apraxia
Dressing apraxia