Mod 6 Flashcards
(27 cards)
the cerebral cortex consists of: outer grey bark structure that is … in order to create more .. for 20+ billion neurons
inner white stuff- … linking parts of the brain
180 + billion … cells, which … and … neurons and assist …
wrinkled; surface area; axons; glial; feed; protect; neural transmission
(lobes of cerebral cortex) frontal lobes: involved in … and … and in making … and …
speaking; muscle movements; plans; judgments
(lobes of cerebral cortex) parietal lobes: include the
sensory cortex
(lobes of cerebral cortex) occipital lobes: include the … areas; they receive … information from the …
visual; visual; opposite visual field
(lobes of cerebral cortex) temporal lobes: include the … areas; …
auditory processing; memory
the motor and sensory strips:
output- … cortex (left hemisphere section controls the body’s … side)
input- … cortex (left hemisphere section receives input from the body’s …)
motor; right; sensory; right side
body parts needing more precise sensation or control take up more
cortical space
the occipital lobe deals with … information. auditory information is sent to the … lobe
visual; temporal
when a person has hallucinations an fMRI scan shows the same … in the … as when a person looks at a photograph
increased activity; visual cortex
more complex animals have more cortical space devoted to …/… …
integrating/associating information
the relative proportion of the cortex devoted to taking in sensory information and sending out motor commands is … as the association areas are … (a … correlation)
smaller; larger; negative
the frontal lobes are active in … functions such as …, …, and … of …
executive functions; judgment; planning; inhibition; impulses
the frontal lobes are also active in the use of … and the processing of …
working memory; new memories
phineas gage: case study- in a work accident, a metal rod shot up through phineas gage’s skull, destroying his eye and part of his … after healing, he was able to function in many ways, but his … changed; he was rude, odd, irritable, and unpredictable.
possible explanation: damage to the frontal lobes could result in loss of the ability to … and to …
frontal lobes; personality; suppress impulses; modulate emotions
parietal lobe has many functions in the association areas behind the sensory strip:
managing … from multiple senses
performing … and … reasoning
monitoring the sensation of …
input; spatial; mathematical; movement
temporal lobe:
some abilities managed by association areas in this ‘by the temples’ lobe include:
recognizing specific …
managing … input related to .., which helps the understanding of …
faces; sensory; sound; spoken words
whole brain association activity involves complex activities which require … among … across the brain such as: …, …, …, … and …, …
communication; association areas; memory; language; attention; meditation; spirituality; consciousness
visual cortex: receives … as visual stimulation
angular gyrus: transforms visual representations into an …
wernicke’s area: …
broca’s area: controls … via the …
motor cortex: …
written words; auditory code; interprets auditory code; speech; motor cortex; word is pronounced
plasticity: the brain is …
if the brain is damaged, especially in the general association areas of the cortex–the brain does nor repair …, but it can …
it can form new …, … existing networks, and insert…, some grown from stem cells
flexible; neurons; restore some functions; connections; reassign; neurons;
lateralization: going to one side; the two hemispheres serve some different functions. how do we know about these differences?
… revealed many functions of the hemisphere
… and … studies show more about the functions of the two hemispheres, and how they … with each other
brain damage studies; brain scans; split brain; coordinate
left hemisphere deals with: ... and ... ... such as "trees" language: ... and ... ... and ... ... ... and ...
thoughts; logic; details; words; definitions; linear; literal; calculation; pieces; details
right hemisphere deals with: ... and ... ... such as "forest" language: ..., ..., ... ... and ... ... ..., including the ...
feelings; intuition; big picture; tone; inflection; context; inferences; associations; perception; wholes; self
to end severe whole-brain seizures, some people had had surgery to cut the …- a band of … connecting the hemispheres
corpus callosum; axons
each hemisphere controls the … of the body and is aware of the … on that opposite side
opposite side; visual field
