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18 Cards in this Set
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How many lobes in each hemisphere of the brain? |
4 |
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What is the cerebral cortex? |
Outer layer of the brain |
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What does the cerebral cortex cover? |
Sub cortical structures |
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What are the 4 lobes called? |
Frontal Parietal Occipital Temporal |
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Frontal lobe |
problem solving decision making+ reasoning motor skills expressive language |
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Parietal lobe |
Processing info from senses Role in language processing |
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Occipital lobe |
visual processing of info: - visuo spatial processing - colour differentiation - motion perception |
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temporal lobe |
Hearing Memory making |
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Cerebellum (in outer cortex) |
motor control coordination motor learning |
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Spinal cord |
Transmission of nerve signal from body -> brain |
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Corpus callosum |
connects 2 hemispheres & enables communication between them |
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Thalamus |
Brains relay station- passing on info from senses |
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Hypothalamus |
regulates eating + drinking release of sex hormones |
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Amygdala |
processing emotional response memory decision making |
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Hippocampus |
memory consolidation navigation spatial awareness |
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Basal Ganglia |
Processing info on movement & planning responses Linked to habit, learning, reward |
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What are the functions of the left hemisphere? |
Sensory stimulus & motor control for right side of body speech, language, comprehension analysis calculations time sequences recognising words, letters, numbers |
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what are the functions of the right hemisphere? |
sensory stimulus & motor control for right side of body creativity spatial ability context/ perception recognition of faces, places & objects |
