Lecture 8

Question 0

Motor cortex

Answer 0

Contains 3 areas:
Primary -planning
Pre-motor - selection of movements
Supplementary - bimanual coordination

Question 1

Frontal cortex

Answer 1

Executive functions such as planning, inhibition and working memory

Question 2

Somatosensory Cortex

Answer 2

Responsible for processing pressure, pain, temperature

Question 3

Visual Cortex

Answer 3

Processes form, motion, orientation, colour, object identification.
Lowest area contains accurate spatial “map” of visual world

Question 4

Auditory cortex

Answer 4

Processes sound frequency, location, music, prosody, oral language

Question 5

Limbic system function

Answer 5

“Older mammalian brain”

Involved in key aspects of memory, reward, and emotional processing.

Question 6

Basal nuclei function

Answer 6

Involved in:

• motor suppression
• motor learning
• motor response selection

Question 7

Cerebellum function

Answer 7

Co-ordinates complex movements

Stores procedural memories (motor learning)

Question 8

Brainstem/hindbrain function

Answer 8

Regulates:

• breathing
• basic autonomic functioning
• sleep/wakefulness

Question 9

Electroencephalogram

Answer 9

Records electrical fields generated by groups of neurons firing action potentials

Question 10

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Answer 10

Images protons in hydrogen that are apart if water molecules in the bloodstream.
Resolution: 1mm3

Question 11

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Answer 11

Electric current disrupts brain activity creating “virtual lesion”