Cerebral Cortex

Question 1

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 1

Centre of conscious thought; it also recalls memories and alters behavior in light of experience

Question 2

Cerebral Cortex Brain Functions

Answer 2

3 localized brain functions
Sensory (recives sensory impulses from receptors)
Association (analyses, interprets and take decisions)
Motor (sends motor impulses to muscles)

Question 3

Cerebral cortex association areas

Answer 3

Language processing, personality imagination, and intelligence

Question 4

Cerebral Hemispheres

Answer 4

Name given to each half of the cerebral cortex

Question 5

Left Cerebral Hemisphere

Answer 5

Processes information from the right visual field and controls the right side of the body

Question 6

Right Cerebral Hemisphere

Answer 6

Processes information from the left visual field and controls the left side of the body

Question 7

Corpus Callosum

Answer 7

A large bundle of nerve fibres that allow the transfer of information between the left and right cerebral hemispheres