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Question | Answer |
Corpus Callosum | Major connection for both brain hemispheres |
Four main lobes | Frontal, Parietal, Temporal and Occipital |
Occipital Lobe | Primary area for vision |
Prosopagnosia | Inability to recognise faces. Associated with damage to occipital/temporal lobes |
Temporal Lobe | Face recognition Memory Receptive are for sound Speech recognition |
Korsakoff's Sydrome | Inability to move stimuli from the STM to the LTM Caused by damage to the temporal lobe |
Wernicke's Syndrome | Lesion in the left side of the temporal lobe Can speak, but can't understand speech |
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | Uncoordinated electrical activity in the brain Triggers vivid visions and voices Van Gogh supposedly a sufferer |
Parietal Lobe | Sensory Information (pain, touch, hot/cold) Spatial Awareness |
Gerstmann's Syndrome | Caused by damage to the parietal lobe Difficulty with maths & writing Language disorders Inability to percieve objects |
Frontal Lobe | Primary motor cortex Planning and sequencing Memory |
Broca (1861) | Patient couldn't understand language, couldn't speak a sentence or write Lesion is in his left frontal cortex |
Association Areas | Known as "silent cortex", when no function has been found Integrate signals from various senses |
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