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What is the cerebral cortex? |
It is convoluted outer-layer of the two cerebral hemispheres |
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How much of the cerebral cortex is devoted to the cortices and the association areas? |
25% and 75%, respectively |
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What does the size of the cerebral cortex relate to? |
Our intellectual ability |
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What is the longitudinal fissure? |
It is the deep grove separating the two cerebral hemispheres |
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What does the term contralateral relate to in terms of the brain? |
It means each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body |
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What is the corpus callosum? |
The band of nerve tissues which connect the two cerebral hemispheres. Allows communication of neural messages. |
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What are the four lobes of the brain? |
- The frontal lobe - The parietal lobe - The occipital lobe - The temporal lobe |
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What is the largest of the four lobes? |
The frontal lobe |
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What are the main functions of the frontal lobe? |
- Personality - Attention - Emotions and expression of emotional behaviour - Language - Complex mental functions (planning) |
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What does the Broca's area control? |
The production of articulate speech |
