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19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Cerebellum
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Where: back of the brain
What: regulates motor and muscular activity |
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Central Sulcus
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Separates Parietal Lobe from Frontal Lobe
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Frontal Lobe
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Where: front
What: activates complex motor functions (fine motor coordination) and feelings, self-awareness and emotions |
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Parietal Lobe
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Where: back, above occipital lobe
What: senses touch, pain, temperature and pressure; spatial awareness. |
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Occipital Lobe
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Where: back of brain
What: detects and interprets vision |
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Medulla Oblongata
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Where: between spine and brain
What: heart rate, breathing, reflexes |
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Pons
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Where: between Medulla Oblongata and Cerebral Hemispheres
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Temporal Lobe
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Where: just above ears
What: Hearing, speech, memory |
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Wernicke's Area
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Where: part of Temporal Lobe
What: understanding language |
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Sylvian Tissue (Lateral Sulcus)
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Separates the frontal and parietal, above the temporal lobe
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Prefrontal Cortex
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What: executive function, planning, expression
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5 Organizing principles of the brain
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1) interconnectedness
2) hierarchy 3) specialization 4) plasticity 5) critical period |
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interconnectedness
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areas of brain talk to each other
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hierarchy
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simple nervous system hierarchical:
brain = higher, spine = lower |
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specialization
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2 hemispheres, middle, specialization in all parts of brain
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plasticity
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can change, reorganize different functions; allows compensation
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critical period
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Developing different parts at different, but specific periods of life (ex: childhood for language learning)
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Broca's area
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fluency of speech and language
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Heschl's gyrus
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primary center for auditory perception and sensation; interprets all sounds,
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