localisation of function

Question 1

what is localisation of function?

Answer 1

the idea that different parts of the brain perform different tasks and are involved with different parts of the body

Question 2

What are the different lobes

Answer 2

-Frontal lobe
-Parietal Lobe
-Occipital lobe
-temporal lobes

Question 3

what are the different areas?

Answer 3

-Motor area
-Somatosensory area
-visual area
-auditory area
-wernickes area
-brocas area

Question 4

+evidence from Neurosurgery +LOC OF FUNCTION

Answer 4

Dougherty et al reported on 44 people with OCD who has undergone a cingulotomy
-post surgical follow up at 32 weeks - 30% had met the criteria for successful response to surgery

Question 5

+evidence from brain scans - LOC OF FUNCTION

Answer 5

Peterson- used brain scanning techniques to demonstrate how Wernickes area was active during a listening task and Brocas area was active during a reading task

Question 6

However to Peterson

Answer 6

Lashley- removed areas of cortex in rats that were learning maze - no area of brain was proven to be more important than any other in terms of the rats ability to learn the route

Question 7

Phineas gage