Part of the brain - Location & Functions

Question 1

A

Answer 1

S1

Processing afferent somatosensory input

Question 2

B

Answer 2

M1

Generate signals to direct the movement of the body

Question 3

C

Answer 3

piPC

(Right) involved in shift of attention to novelty in the environment

Involved in formation (and storage) of metric egocentric representation

Question 4

D

Answer 4

psPC

Involved in formation (and storage) of metric egocentric representation

Question 5

E

Answer 5

Wernicke’s area

Responsible for language comprehension

Question 6

V1

Answer 6

Visual input acquisition and decoding

Question 7

F

Answer 7

A1

Awareness of sound: pitch, frequency, location

Question 8

G

Answer 8

SMA

Involved in motor process that requires procedural memory
Responsible for short term memory

(Right), assist in the direction of novelty input received from IPS

Question 9

H

Answer 9

PMC
Involved in motor process that requires procedural memory.
Long term memory

Question 10

J

Answer 10

Broca’s area

Responsible for speech production

Question 11

I

Answer 11

dlPFC

Involved in the development of motor strategies (dominant) and behavioural strategies (non-dominant)

(right) involved in goal-directed focus

Question 12

L

Answer 12

vlPFC

Involved in adaptive behavior

Question 13

M

Answer 13

dmPFC

Involved in reasoning/ decision making

(Right) involved in goal-directed focus

Question 14

N

Answer 14

aCC

Involved in attentional processes and reciprocate inhibition of AM

Involved in reasoning, higher cognitive functions and its connections to memory and emotions

(Left) involved in goal-directed focus

Question 15

O

Answer 15

vmPFC
Involved in reasoning applied to behaviour, and adaptive learning

Question 16

P

Answer 16

Caudate

Responsible to planning the execution of movement, but also in learning, memory, reward, motivation, emotion, and romantic interaction

Question 17

Q

Answer 17

Globus Palidus

Control conscious and proprioceptive movements

Question 18

R

Answer 18

Putamen

Involved in the regulation of movements and goal-directed/addictive behaviour

Participating in a self-regulatory loop of the other structures

Question 19

S

Answer 19

Thalamus

Involved with perception/ selection of inputs and attention

Question 20

IPS

Answer 20

Intra-parietal sulcus

Involved in orientation of target relative position in environment.
And in building blocks to form numbers and quantities.

Question 21

INS

Answer 21

Involved in behavioral modulation, mediating compulsion as interoceptive conditioned responses.

Involved in concept of quantities and numbers (right aINS), understanding of semantics and calculation rules (left aINS)

Question 22

PFC

Answer 22

Involved in interpretation of meaning

Question 23

FEF

Answer 23

Involved in goal-directed focus and virtual representation of body/space

Question 24

PHG

Answer 24

(right) Involved in information about events in space and time

Question 25

HPC

Answer 25

(Left) involved in episodic memory
(Right) Involved in information about events in space and time

Question 26

AM

Answer 26

(Bilateral) involved in detection of threats.
Also involved in memory, and seems to play a role in emotional and planning processes

Question 27

HPT

Answer 27

Composed from 9 nuclei
Production of hormones/neurotransmitters (to regulate hormones release)

Question 28

HyP

Answer 28

Produces and releases some hormones

Question 29

SN

Answer 29

Producer of dopamine for the CNS and the main output of regulatory pathways

Question 30

LC

Answer 30

Produces norepinephrine (stress hormone)
Affecting behavior, memory, and hormone regulation

Question 31

RN

Answer 31

Produces serotonin