Unit 3: Modules 12-15 Flashcards
Intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres, the body’s ultimate control and information processing center
Cerebral Cortex
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead, involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements
Frontal Lobes
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and towards the rear, receives sensory input for tough and body position
Parietal Lobes
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head includes areas that receive information from the visual fields
Occipital Lobes
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears, includes the auditory areas, each receiving information primarily from the opposite ear
Temporal Lobes
Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movement
Motor Cortex
Area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations
Somatosensory Cortex
Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions, rather, they are involved in higher mental functions such as: learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking
Association Areas
The brain’s ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based off of experience
Plasticity
The formation of new neurons
Neurogenesis
Large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
Corpus Callosum
Condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them
Split Brain
Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment
Consciousness
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
Cognitive Neuroscience
Principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
Dual Processing
