important brain areas

Question 1

corpus callosum

Question 2

basal ganglia

Question 3

parietal cortex

Answer 3

-Egocentric orientation in space: determining the spatial location of objects relative to self
-Visual guidance of movement (grasping, catching, avoiding objects)

Question 4

superior temporal sulcus

Answer 4

-Allocentric location: determining the spatial location of objects relative to each other
-Spatial localization of objects
-Spatial memory (“visual space”)
-Perceiving specific types of movements (e.g., body language)
-Polysensory neurons combine information from dorsal and ventral streams for categorization

Question 5

Inferior temporal cortex

Answer 5

-“vision for recognition“
-visual recognition of objects like tools, hands, faces
-Specific responses of cells to complex objects