W19/L12

Question 1

WHat’s the layman’s phrase for cognition?

Answer 1

“Thinking skills”

Question 2

What are the 4 lobes of the cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 2

Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital

Question 3

What are the key roles of the frontal lobe?

Answer 3

Planning
Execution
Regulation of behaviour

Question 4

What are the key roles of the temporal lobe?

Answer 4

Audition
Language
Music
Memory
Emotion

Question 5

What are the key roles of the parietal lobe?

Answer 5

Somatic & visuospacial representations

Question 6

What’s the key role of the occipital lobe?

Answer 6

Vision

Question 7

What does “dominant” refer to?

Answer 7

Which side holds the language

Question 8

95% of right handers are ___ dominant

Answer 8

Left

Question 9

70% of left handers ____ dominant

Answer 9

Left

Question 10

What structures are included in the limbic system?

Answer 10

Cingulate gyrus
Thalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Olfactory bulb

Question 11

What syndrome is caused by damage to the amygdala?

Answer 11

Kluver-Bucy - lack of fear, hypersexuality, and inability to tell food from non-food

Question 12

What does an orbitofrontal lesion often produce?

Answer 12

A flat affect - an inability to recognise emotions in other people and to display emotions (though they can still be verbally reported)