Lobes and cortexs in the left hemisphere

Question 1

What are the 4 lobes of the left hemisphere?

Answer 1

• Frontal lobe
• Parietal lobe
• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe

Question 2

What are the 4 cortexes of the hemispheres of the brain?

Answer 2

• Motor cortex
• Somatosensory cortex
• Visual cortex
• Auditory cortex

Question 3

What is the motor cortex?

Answer 3

• Found in the frontal lobe
• Responsible for controlling voluntary movements
• Damage to this area results in impaired movements

Question 4

What is the somatosensory cortex?

Answer 4

• Found in the parietal lobe

- Responds to heat, cold, touch, pain and our sense of body movement

Question 5

What is the auditory cortex?

Answer 5

• Found in the temporal lobe
• Complex processing of sounds happens here
• Also Meyer (2010) found that this area is activated when watching a silent film, for example seeing a door banging