Lobes of the hemisphere Flashcards
What structures are in the frontal lobe? (4)
- primary motor cortex
- pre-motor cortex
- prefrontal cortex
- Broca’s area
What occurs at the primary motor cortex?
nerve impulses are generated to initiate movement
What occurs at the pre-motor cortex
selection, modification and refinement of movements (planning of movements)
What occurs at the pre-frontal cortex
abstract thought, memory, planning, learned social behaviour, consequences of actions
What occurs at Broca’s area
language expression
What structures are in the Parietal lobe?
- somatosensory cortex
- primary somatosensory cortex
What occurs at the somatosensory cortex
- integration of sensory info (visual, audio, somatosensory, proprioceptive)
What is at the primary somatosensory cortex
a mapped representation of sensory neurones in the body which correspond to specific body parts
What structures are in the occipital lobe
- primary visual cortex
- visual association cortex
What structures are in the temporal lobe
- primary auditory cortex
- auditory association cortex
- Wernicke’s area
what occurs at the primary visual cortex
visual information from outside world is mapped
what occurs at the auditory cortex
auditory information is processed
what occurs at Wernicke’s area
understanding language
