The lobes of the brain Flashcards
The cerebrum is made up of two hemispheres connected by fibres called
Corpus Callosum
The hemispheres are divided into lobes or regions
Occipital lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
process visual signs
Parietal lobe
processes body sensations
Temporal lobe
deals with hearing, memory,emotion,speeking
frontal lobe
deals with organization, planning, and creative thinking
What carries messages back and forth between two sides of the brain
Corpus Callosum
Left Hemisphere
controls movements on the right side of the body,
is where the speech is located,
specializes in mathematical ability, logical and calculations
Right Hemisphere
controls the left side of the body,
Adept at visual and spatial relations like puzzles and recognizing patterns…. music, art and creativity
intuition
