Lobes

Question 1

Outline parietal lobe

Answer 1

Located between frontal and occipital lobe
Processes sensory information such as touch, pressure and temperature
Helps you to reach and locate things
Helps you to plan complex actions

Question 2

What happens if you damage the parietal lobe?

Answer 2

Problems in recognising faces of the person might be lost in their own home such as not finding the toilet! 💩

Question 3

Outline the frontal lobe

Answer 3

Largest & has a wide range of jobs
Home of personality, decisions and planning

Question 4

What are the consequences of damaging the frontal lobe?

Answer 4

Can cause a change in personality as well as behaviour eg. Phineas Gage

Question 5

Outline the occipital lobe.

Answer 5

Smallest lobe
Contains visual cortex and visual association areas
Works with other areas of brain to process images from eyes such as colour and shape

Question 6

What happens if you damage the occipital lobe

Answer 6

Can affect reading ability , identification of colours or recognise words

Question 7

What is the temporal lobe

Answer 7

Language and smell , hearting are processed here
Provides the brain a complete mental picture of what we see/feel/hesr

Question 8

Consequences of damaging the temporal lobe

Answer 8

Can impair a persons memory of words and sounds

Question 9

Where are Pons located?

Answer 9

Sits directly above the medulla and connects the upper and lower parts of the brain

Question 10

What does the Pons do?

Answer 10

Relay messages from the cortex to the cerebellum. Damage to this area will affect sleep

Question 11

Why do scientists use PET images?

Answer 11

Scientist use PET images to investigate the function of the living human brain