Lobes Flashcards
Functions of brain lobes
1
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Temporal lobe
A
- perception and recognition of auditory stimuli
- contains Herchl’s gyrus
- speech (Wernicke’s area)
- memory
2
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Parietal lobe
A
- perceptionof sensory stimuli
* postcentral gyrus - orientation
- recognition
3
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Occipital lobe
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- visual processing
- contains striated cortex
4
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Frontal lobe
A
- reasoning
- planning
- speech (Broca’s area)
- movement
- motor cortex in precentral gyrus
- emotions
- problem solving