Temporal Lobes

Question 1

Superior Temporal Sulcus

Answer 1

Neuron Activation during Perception of biological motion
Movements relevant to a species
Allows us to guess other’s attention
Social Cognition

Question 2

Visual Processing of the Temporal Cortex

Answer 2

Hasson used fMRI to monitor cortical activity when viewing a film
Extensive activity in auditory and visual regions of temporal lobe (STS and cingulate regions)
selective activations to precise moment ei a face close up or a background scene
–> Activation of fusiform face area for faces
–> Parahippocampal Place Area activation for places

Question 3

Specialized Visual Processing

Answer 3

Complex processing is required for activation for TE area in the Temporal Cortex
Cells with similar selectivity clusters (similar stimuli)
Altered by Experience
Trained vs naive

Question 4

Facial Neural Network Pathway

Answer 4

Core:
Inferior occipital gyri
Fusiform Face Area
Superior Temporal Sulcus

Extended
Anterior Temporal Cortex
Auditory Cortex
Intraparietal sulcus
Amygdala/Limbic

Question 5

Auditory Processing of the Temporal Lobe

Answer 5

Loudness
Timbre
Pitch

Left Hemisphere 
--> Rhythm
Right Hemisphere
--> Beat and in meter
--> Tone or pitch

Question 6

Auditory Cortex

Answer 6

Heschl’s Gyrus in primary auditory cortex

Musicians have higher white and grey matter in this area

Question 7

Fundamental vs Spectral Pitch

Answer 7

Fundamental:
Basic indiv notes
Leftward asymmetry
Spectral:
Combined notes together
Rightward asymmetry

Question 8

Temporal-Lobe Lesion

Answer 8

Auditory Disturbance
Impaired organization or category of sounds
Inability to use contextual info
Memory Problem
Altered personality, affective and sexual behaviour

Question 9

Schizophrenia

Answer 9

Auditory Hallucination

Verbal Hallucination activate primary auditory cortex and Broca’s Area

Question 10

Visual Temporal tests

Answer 10

Meier French Test
find the difference

Complex Figure Test
Reconstructing a complex figure

Hidden-Figures Test
Find the shape in hidden figures

Mooney Closure Test
Find ambiguous faces

Question 11

Using Contextual Info

Answer 11

ei Fall the season or the action