Biological: Localisation of brain function

Question 1

Frontal Lobes

Answer 1

Thinking and Creativity

Question 2

Parietal Lobe

Answer 2

Sensory info (temp, touch and pain)

Question 3

Temporal Lobe

Answer 3

Memory processing & Auditory info

Question 4

Occipital Lobe

Answer 4

Visual processing, get info straight from eyes

Question 5

Phineas Cage

Answer 5

• He has a rod passed through his head
• His personality changed
• Kind-mannered & tasteful&raquo_space;» Mean-spirited & vulgar

Question 6

Brain stem

Answer 6

Where the spinal cord enters the brain

Question 7

Thalamus

Answer 7

Takes in sensory info

Question 8

Pons

Answer 8

Helps coordinate several automatic functions

i.e/ arousal

Also relays info between the cerebellum and cerebral cortex

Question 9

Medula

Answer 9

Automatic controls

i.e/ the beating of hearts, the breathing of lungs

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

Non-verbal learning, memory and the perception of time

Question 11

Reticular formation

Answer 11

The network inside the brain stem that’s essential for arousal

Question 12

Limbic system

Answer 12

Separates old and new brain

Question 13

Hypothalamus

Answer 13

Regulates body temperature

Question 14

Brocas Area

Answer 14

Discovered by Paul Broca

Responsible for processing language

Question 15

Wernickes Area

Answer 15

Discovered Carl Wernicke

Is responsible for understanding language

Question 16

Amygdala

Answer 16

Involved in memory consolidation and emotion

Question 17

Hippocampus

Answer 17

Central to learning and memory

Question 18

Pituitary Gland

Answer 18

Secretes many different hormones which which affect other glands

Question 19

Brain

Answer 19

Every region of the Brain works when doing simple tasks like walking and talking

The two hemispheres of your cerebrum make up about 85% of your brain weight, and oversee your ability to think, speak, and perceive