Localisation Of Function In The Brain Flashcards
What is the name of the outer layer of the hemispheres?
The cerebral cortex
Where is Broca’s area within the brain?
Left frontal lobe ✋🏼
Where is Wernicke’s area within the brain?
Left temporal lobe ✋🏼
What is Broca’s area responsible for?
Speech production 👄
What is Wernicke’s area responsible for?
Language comprehension 🇬🇧
What separates us from animals?
The cerebral cortex
It is more developed than animals.🐶🦊🐹
Where is the somatosensory area found?
The front of both parietal lobes
What information is found in the somatosensory area?
Sensory information from the skin
heat, touch, pressure
☝🏻🌡
Where is the motor area found?
Back of the frontal lobe (in both hemispheres)
What is controlled in the motor area?
Voluntary movement in the opposite side of the body
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Where is the visual area found?
Occipital lobe 👀
What information is found in the visual area?
Information from the right visual field goes to the left visual cortex
Information from the left visual field goes to the right visual cortex
Where is the auditory area found?
The temporal lobes
What information is found in the auditory area?
Speech-based information 👄
Explain how ‘brain scan evidence’ is a support for localisation.
Peterson et al (1988)
Used brain scans to show how Wernicke’s area was active during listening tasks👂🏻, while Broca’s area was active during reading tasks📖
Suggests these areas of the brain have different functions
