cerebral cortex

Question 1

function of visual association cortex in occipital lobe

Answer 1

analyses different attributes of visual image in different places

Question 2

what is analysed along ventral pathway of visual association cortex in occipital lobe

Answer 2

form and colour (what)

Question 3

what is analysed along dorsal pathway of visual association cortex in occipital lobe

Answer 3

spatial relationships and movement (where)

Question 4

what do lesions in occipital lobe affect, using prosopagnosia as example

Answer 4

specific aspects of visual perception; lesion of visual posterior association area (fusiform gyrus), losing ability to recognise familiar faces or learn new faces

Question 5

function of posterior patietal association cortex

Answer 5

creates spatial map of body in surroundings, from multi-modality information

Question 6

what might injuries in parietal lobe cause, including effect of Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 6

disorientation, inability to read map or understand spatial relationships, apraxia, hemispatial neglect (if stroke in area, so don’t see one side of image); Alzheimer’s disease progresses through cortex, and when it hits parietal cortex, disorientation occurs

Question 7

function of temporal lobe

Answer 7

language, object recognition, memory (hippocampus basis for new memory formation), emotion

Question 8

what might injuries in temporal lobe lead to, including what is done to attempt to cure epilepsy

Answer 8

agnosia, receptive aphasia, anterograde amnesia (can’t lay down new memories); bilateral resection of anterior medial temporal lobe structures to try to cure epilepsy

Question 9

function of frontal lobe

Answer 9

judgement, foresight, personality, appreciation of self in relation to world

Question 10

what might injuries in frontal lobe lead to

Answer 10

deficits in planning, inappropriate behaviour (self-control is hugely impaired), disorganised behaviour, diminished attention span and concentration

Question 11

3 features of association cortices (symmetry, organisation, function)

Answer 11

less predictable function, not organised topographically, left-right symmetry weak or absent

Question 12

functions of prefrontal association cortex

Answer 12

behaviour, personality changes

Question 13

function of motor association area

Answer 13

planning

Question 14

function of sensory association area

Answer 14

different modalities

Question 15

what is primary visual cortex surrounded by

Answer 15

visual association area

Question 16

what is visual association area associated with as well

Answer 16

primary auditory cortex