the brain

Question 1

cerebral cortex function

Answer 1

conscious thought and high order thinking.

Question 2

frontal lobe function + what cortex does it contain?

Answer 2

problem solving, planning, decision making, expression of emotion, personality, production of speech.

contains primary motor cortex.
( initiates voluntary movement.)

Question 3

parietal lobe function + what cortex does it contain?

Answer 3

processes sensory information, spatial awareness, direction.

contains primary somatosensory cortex.
( receives information about touch, temperature, position of muscles. )

Question 4

primary motor cortex

Answer 4

initiates voluntary movement.

Question 5

primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 5

receives and processes information about touch, temperature and position of muscles.

Question 6

occipital lobe function + what cortex does it contain?

Answer 6

dedicated to vision.

left lobe receive info from right visual field.
right lobe receive info from left visual field.

contains primary visual cortex.

Question 7

temporal lobe function + what cortex does it contain?

Answer 7

responsible for hearing and language comprehension.
recognises faces, places, songs, paintings.

contains primary auditory cortex.