Localisation Of Function Of The Brain

Question 1

What is localisation of function?

Answer 1

Specific areas of the brain are specialized for certain jobs

Question 2

What is hemispheric lateralisation of the brain?

Answer 2

The brain is split into two symmeterical halfs called the left and the right hemisphere. This is the idea that the two different hemispheres are responsible for different mental processes.

Question 2

What is hemispheric lateralisation of the brain?

Answer 2

The brain is split into two symmeterical halfs called the left and the right hemisphere. This is the idea that the two different hemispheres are responsible for different mental processes.

Question 3

What is the holistic theory?

Answer 3

All parts of the brain work together when processing information

Question 4

Specific areas of the brain are specialized for certain functions, is describing what?

Answer 4

Localisation of function of the brain

Question 5

Where is the Broca’s area in the brain?

Answer 5

Left hemisphere

Question 6

What’s the function of the Broca’s area?

Answer 6

Involved in the production of spoken language and written language.

Question 7

Which part of the brain is involved in the production of spoken language and written language.

Answer 7

Broca’s area

Question 8

Broca’s area is involved in the …. of …. and ….. language.

Answer 8

Production
Spoken language
Written language

Question 9

Damage to the Broca’s area caused what?

Answer 9

Broca’s aphasia - person may show slow speech, lacks fluency or there’s a complete absence of speech. Might produce short meaningful speech that requires a great deal of effort.

Question 10

What’s Broca’s aphasia?

Answer 10

person may show slow speech, lacks fluency or there’s a complete absence of speech. Might produce short meaningful speech that requires a great deal of effort.

Question 11

A person may show slow speech, lacks fluency or there’s a complete absence of speech. Might produce short meaningful speech that requires a great deal of effort.

What’s this referring to?

Answer 11

Broca’s aphasia

Question 12

Broca’s aphasia is where a person may show …. speech, lacks ….. or there’s a complete ….. of speech. Might produce ….. speech that requires a great deal of ….

Answer 12

Slowed
Fluency
Absence
Short
Effort

Question 13

Where is the motor cortex found in the brain?

Answer 13

Both hemispheres

Question 14

What’s the function of the motor cortex?

Answer 14

Creation of voluntary motor movements

Question 15

Which part of the brain is involved in creation of voluntary motor movements

Answer 15

Motor cortex

Question 16

Damage to the motor cortex can do what?

Answer 16

Cause loss of control over fine movements or small movements on the opposite side of the body (contralateral lateral wiring)

Question 17

Where is the somatosensory cortex located in the brain?

Answer 17

Both hemispheres

Question 18

What’s the function of the somatosensory cortex?

Answer 18

Processes information from the senses in the skin. E.g touch, pressure, pain, temperature

Question 19

Which area of the Brian processes information from the senses in the skin?

Answer 19

Somatosensory cortex

Question 20

Damage to the somatosensory cortex can produce what?

Answer 20

Problems in perceiving touch (failure to recognise object by touch)

Question 21

The visual cortex is located where in the brain?

Answer 21

Both hemispheres

Question 22

What’s the function of the visual cortex?

Answer 22

This area of the brain receives information directly from the eyes.
RVF - LH, LVF - RH.
Process colour and shape

Question 23

Which part of the brain receives information directly from the eyes?

Answer 23

Visual cortex

Question 24

Which part of the brain process things such as colour and shape?

Answer 24

Visual cortex

Question 25

Damage to the visual cortex produces what?

Answer 25

Blindness, hallucinations, inability to see colour or motion

Question 26

Where is the wernicks area located in the brain?

Answer 26

Left hemisphere

Question 27

What’s the function of the wernicks area?

Answer 27

Understanding language

Question 28

Which part of the brain is involved in understanding language?

Answer 28

Wernicks area

Question 29

Damage to the wernicks area can cause what?

Answer 29

Wernicks aphasia - individuals cannot understand spoken language or where person produces nonsense words

Question 30

Which part of the brain causes wernicks aphasia when damaged?

Answer 30

Wernicks area

Question 31

What’s wernicks aphasia?

Answer 31

Individuals cannot under spoken language or they produce nonsense words

Question 32

Where is the auditory cortex located?

Answer 32

Both hemispheres

Question 33

What’s the function of the auditory cortex?

Answer 33

Associated with analysing speech based information e.g pitch and volume

Question 34

Which part of the brown is associated with analysing speech based information?

Answer 34

Auditory cortex

Question 35

What does damage to the auditory cortex produce?

Answer 35

Partial or full hearing loss

Question 36

Which sort of the Brian can cause partial or full hearing loss if damaged?

Answer 36

Auditory cortex