localisation of brain function

Question 1

what does localisation of brain function mean?

Answer 1

the idea that different parts of the brain are involved with different parts of the body and if that part of the brain became damaged the function associated with that area will also be affected

Question 2

what lobe of the brain is motor area found in ?

Answer 2

one in each frontal lobe

Question 3

what lobe of the brain is the somatosensory area found in ?

Answer 3

one in each parietal lobe

Question 4

what lobe of the brain is visual area found in ?

Answer 4

one in each occipital lobe

Question 5

what lobe of the brain is the auditory area found in ?

Answer 5

one in each temporal lobe

Question 6

what lobe of the brain is brocas area found in ?

Answer 6

left frontal lobe only

Question 7

what lobe of the brain is wernickes area found in ?

Answer 7

in the left temporal lobe only

Question 8

what is the function of the motor area ?

Answer 8

responsible for voluntary movements by sending signals to the muscles in the body

Question 9

what is the function of the somatosensory area?

Answer 9

recieves incoming sensory info from the skin to produce sensations related to pressure pain temperature etc

Question 10

what is the function of the visual area?

Answer 10

recieves and processes visual info including colour shape and movement

Question 11

what is the function of the auditory area ?

Answer 11

responsible for analaysing and processing acoustic info including volume and pitch

Question 12

what is the function of the brocas area ?

Answer 12

responsible for speech production allowing speech to be fluent

Question 13

what is the function of wernickes area?

Answer 13

responsible for speech comprehension allowing speech to be meaningful