Localisation of function

Question 1

What is the brain made of?

Answer 1

2 hemispheres which are contra-lateral

Question 2

What does contra-lateral mean?

Answer 2

The left hemisphere controls the left side of the brain etc

Question 3

What was the original theory of the brain function?

Answer 3

Holistic theory - all parts of the brain are involved in thoughts and actions

Question 4

What is localisation of function?

Answer 4

Different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities

Question 5

How many lobes are in the brain?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What are the lobes of the brain?

Answer 6

Frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobe

Question 7

How many areas of the brain are there?

Answer 7

6

Question 8

What are the areas of the brain?

Answer 8

Motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory, Broca’s and Wernicke’s

Question 9

Where is the motor area found?

Answer 9

In the frontal lobe

Question 10

What does the motor area do>

Answer 10

Regulates movement

Question 11

Where is the somatosensory area?

Answer 11

In the parietal lobe

Question 12

What does the somatosensory area do?

Answer 12

It processes sensory information such as touch

Question 13

Where is the visual area found?

Answer 13

In the occipital lobe

Question 14

What does the visual area do?

Answer 14

It receives and processes information

Question 15

Where is the auditory area found?

Answer 15

In the temporal lobe

Question 16

What does the auditory area do?

Answer 16

Analyses speech-based information

Question 17

What are the language areas?

Answer 17

Broca and Wernicke’s area

Question 18

Where is Broca’s area found?

Answer 18

In the frontal lobe in left hemisphere

Question 19

What does Broca’s area do?

Answer 19

Speech production

Question 20

Where is Wernicke’s area found?

Answer 20

In the temporal lobe in the left hemisphere

Question 21

What does Wernicke’s area do?

Answer 21

Language comprehension

Question 22

What is evidence for localisation of function?

Answer 22

Brain scan where Wernicke’s area was used during a listening test and Broca’s area during a reading task

Question 23

What does brain scan evidence show?

Answer 23

Semantic and episodic memory are located in different parts of the pre-frontal cortex

Question 24

What are the advantages of brain scans as evidence?

Answer 24

They are objective and scientific

Question 25

What is research support for localisation of function?

Answer 25

44 OCD patients had a cingulotomy (lesioning of cingulate gyrus which is implicated in OCD) and 33% were cured with 14% partially cured