Biopsych: Parts of the brain

Question 1

Frontal lobe

Answer 1

Contains the motor area and Broca’s area

Question 2

Motor area

Answer 2

In both hemispheres, controls voluntary movement on opposite sides of the brain
Damage may result in loss of control over fine movements

Question 3

Broca’s area

Answer 3

Responsible for speech production

Damage causes Broca’s aphasia, characterised by slow, laborious speech and speech lacking in fluency

Question 4

Parietal lobe

Answer 4

Contains the somatosensory area

Question 5

Somatosensory area

Answer 5

Sensory information from the skin is represented

Question 6

Occipital lobe

Answer 6

Contains the visual area

Question 7

Visual area

Answer 7

Each eye sends information from the right visual field to the left visual cortex and vice versa
Damage to the left hemisphere, for example, can cause blindness in part of the right eye

Question 8

Temporal lobe

Answer 8

Contains the auditory area and Wernicke’s area

Question 9

Auditory area

Answer 9

Responsible for analysis of speech-based information

Question 10

Wernicke’s area

Answer 10

Responsible for language comprehension
Damage can result in Wernicke’s aphasia, which often makes patients produce nonsense words (neologisms) as part of the content of their speech