yr 12 psych test 1 Flashcards
Cortex in frontal lobe
Primary motor cortex
Cortex in Parietal lobe
Primary sensory cortex
Cortex in Temporal Lobe
Primary auditory cortex
Cortex in occipital lobe
Primary visual cortex
cerebral cortex
outer layer on top of cerebrum
cerebellum location
located below occipital lobe
contraleteral function
Contralateral function means that each hemisphere controls functions on the opposite side of the body, the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and vice versa.
in relation to voluntary movement this means the left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body
Frontal lobe functions
Responsible for
-personality
higher order processes such as
-attention
-impulse control
-decision making
-problem solving
Also responsible for voluntary movement
Frontal lobe damage can cause
-mood fluctuations
-changes in social behabiour
-paralysis
Parietal lobe functions
-Receives and processes bodily information
sensory info includes
-Touch and temperature
-Information about muscle movement
Parietal lobe damage can cause
problems with spatial awareness, coordination and sensation eg inability to distinguish hot and cold
temporal lobe functions
-involved in memory
-involved in auditory perception
-involved in visual perception
temporal lobe damage can cause
-difficulty understanding spoken words
-difficutly identifying objects
-Difficulty learning information
occipital lobe functions
-Spatial processing
-colour processing
-distance and depth perception
-movement
occipital lobe damage can cause
-serious visual impairments
-diffculuty locating objects in an environment
-difficulty identifying colours
