the cerebral cortex.

Question 1

what is the role of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 1

processing complex sensory information, the initiation of voluntary movements, language, symbolic thinking and the regulation of emotions, including localisation of function.

Question 2

what is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 2

the outer layer of the brain.

Question 3

why is it wrinkled?

Answer 3

so that it can fit into the limited amount of space in the skull.

Question 4

what is the size of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 4

its only a few millimetres thick, if it was flattened out it would cover 4 textbook pages.

Question 5

what is it involved in?

Answer 5

it is involved with more complex mental abilites.

Question 6

what are some examples of the complex mental abilities?

Answer 6

perception, learning, memory, language, thinking and problem solving.
it also process incoming sensory info that is involved planning and voluntary bodily movements.

Question 7

what are the 3 main categories of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 7

sensory areas, motor areas and association.

Question 8

what is a sensory area?

Answer 8

receives and processes sensory information.

Question 9

what is a motor area?

Answer 9

initiates voluntary movements.

Question 10

what is an association area?

Answer 10

surround sensory and motor areas and deals with more complex function that require integration of inputs of information from different areas.