week 6 webtutorial Flashcards
precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex)
voluntary control of movement
postcentral gyrus (primary somatosensory cortex)
processing of tactile and proprioceptive information
superior temporal gyrus (brodmann area 41)
first processing of auditory information
Broca’s area (brodmann area 44/45)
speech production
Wernicke’s area (Brodmann area 22)
language comprehension
primary visual cortex (Brodmann area 17)
First processing of visual information
secondary & tertiary visual areas (Brodmann area 18/19)
further processing of visual information
frontal lobe
planning and reasoning
parietal lobe
integration sensory information
occipital lobe
processing of visual information
temporal lobe
emotion and memory
inability to speak fluently despite normal comprehension
damage to Broca’s area
inability to understand the meaning of words
damage to Wernicke’s area
anopsia (defect in the visual field)
damage to the visual cortex
astereognosis (inability to identify common objects by touch)
damage to the postcentral gyrus