Human Brain Flashcards
(15 cards)
Forebrain (cerebrum and thalamus) functions
Emotion, sensation, perception, learning and memory
Midbrain functions
Alert, awake and vigilant
Hindbrain (cerebellum) functions
Heart rate, breathing, sleep and voluntary muscle movement
Cerebral hemispheres functions
Left- reading, writing, mathematics
Right - music, emotion expression and detection of emotion
Cerebral cortex
Divided into lobes
Lobes and functions
Frontal- thinking and emotion
Parietal- language and sensing touch
Temporal- hearing
Occipital- vision
location and functions of Broca’s area
In the left frontal lobe, responsible for speech
location and functions of primary motor cortex
Top of brain, voluntary movement
location and functions of somatosensory cortex
Front of parietal lobe, sensations (touch,temperature)
location and functions of primary auditory cortex
Different parts respond to different pitch
Definition, location and functions of Wernicke’s area
Left temporal lobe, compression of speech and forming sentences
functions of primary visual cortex
Processes visual info, has differ receptors for diff eg things (colour ,shape)
Corpus callosum structure and function
Thick band of nerve fibres that counts the lean right hemisphere, transfers info between each hemisphere
Damage to different parts of the brain and outcome
Temporal lobes - inability to remember previous skills/events, recognise faces or meanings of words
Phineas Gage
A steel rod penetrated through his frontal lobe
