Brain Localisation

Question 1

Explain the case of Phineas Gage

Answer 1

Gage was working construction, an iron rod exploded and went through Gages skull, but he was fine later in the day. Damage to Gages Frontal Cortex resulted in loss of social inhibitions. Frontal cortex is is involved in personality and behaviour, Gages social ability was changed after incident, but he remembered everything else prior to accident.

Question 2

What is the Motor area responsible for ?
What is the somatosensory area responsible for ?

Answer 2

1.Controls Movement in the body
2.Computes info from our senses

Question 3

What is the visual area responsible for ?
What is the auditory area responsible for ?

Answer 3

1.Computes visual info from the optic nerve
2.Processes and analyses sound

Question 4

What is the wernickes area responsible for ?
What is the Broca’s area responsible for ?

Answer 4

1.Responsible for understanding speech
2.Responsible for speech production

Question 5

What was the aim of Zattore & Segado (2014)

Answer 5

To investigate a correlation between playing an instrument and brain activity

Question 6

Explain the procedure of Zatorre & Segado (2014)

Answer 6

Woman played chello while in a FMRI scanner, in a lab study environment. Zatorre used event sampling studying changes within her brain

Question 7

What were the findings of Zattore & Segado (2014)

Answer 7

Supports localisation, but also shows areas working together more holistically.