Localisation of brain function Flashcards
what are the 4 hemispheres of the brain called?
Frontal lobe
temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital lobe
what is the frontal lobe responsible for?
Motor control
Problem solving
speech production (Brocas area)
what is the temporal lobe responsible for?
Auditory processing
Langauge comprehension (wernicke’s area)
Memory/information retrieval
what is the Parietal lobe responsible for?
Touch perception
Body Orientation
Sensory Input
What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
Sight ( Visual Cortex)
Visual reception and interpretation
What are the 2 hemispheres of the brain connected by
Corpus callosum
Who is Phineas gage and what happened to him
Phineas gage was a railroad worker who got a steel rod blasted through his head. After the incident he couldn’t speak during the recovery. Later Phineas psychologically changed from being described as ‘Calm and well-mannered’ but after he was described as ‘unreliable, rude and hostile’