Cortex - function re. areas

Question 1

10. Posterior association areas

Answer 1

• posterior – perceiving, learning
• each primary sensory area sends info to adjacent sensory association areas where perception takes place and memories are stored
• multi-modal cortex receives input from multiple sensory areas / modalities

Question 2

11. Anterior association areas

Answer 2

• anterior – planning and executing behavior
• premotor area – controls patterns of movement and transmits input to primary motor area
• prefrontal area – planning, regulation, strategy formation, execution of action

Question 3

12. Lateralization of function – R and L sides do not process info in the same way and do not process the same aspects of information

Answer 3

• L hemisphere: analysis of information, serial processing of and controlling events in sequence. Language
• R hemisphere: synthesis, integrating elements into a whole, visual- perceptual processing

Question 4

13. Despite lateralized functions, we perceive experience as seamless, unaware of unique processing of each hemis

Answer 4

• corpus callosum – a commissure - connects corresponding parts of L and R hemis

Question 5

14. Neocortex vs. limbic cortex

Answer 5

• cingulate gyrus