Localization

Question 1

Localization of function

Answer 1

Every behavior has its specific place in the brain and is associated with a certain brain area

Question 2

Nervous system

Answer 2

Group of neurons which purpose is to communicate (spinal cord and the brain)

Question 3

Cortex

Answer 3

Layer of neurons with a folded surface covering the brain on the outside, largest part of the brain. Divided into 4 lobes

Question 4

Frontal lobe

Answer 4

Responsible for reasoning, planning, thinking, decision making, voluntary action, complex emotions. Personality

Question 5

Parietal lobe

Answer 5

Movement, orientation, perception and recognition.

Question 6

Occipital lobe

Answer 6

Visual processing, spatial awareness

Question 7

Temporal lobes

Answer 7

Processes auditory information, memory and speech

Question 8

Corpus callosum

Answer 8

Structure of neurons that connects the two hemispheres

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

Coordination of movement and balance

Question 10

Thalamus

Answer 10

Sensory functions

Question 11

Hypothalamus

Answer 11

Emotion, thirst and hunger

Question 12

Amygdala

Answer 12

Memory, emotion and fear

Question 13

Hippocampus

Answer 13

Learning, memory and transferring short term memory to a permanent store, spatial orientation

Question 14

Brain stem

Answer 14

Regúlate the basic vital processes such as breathing and heart beat.

Question 15

Brocas aphasia

Answer 15

the loss of articulated speech

Question 16

What controls speech articulation

Answer 16

left frontal lobe

Question 17

Wernicke´s area

Answer 17

responsible for the comprehension of written and spoken language