Broca / wernickes area
where is Broca's area located?
Left frontal lobe
What lobe is the motor area located in?
Frontal Lobe
What lobe is the visual area located in?
Occipital lobe
Who studied split brain research?
Sperry
What is Wernicke's area responsible for?
Language comprehension
What lobe is the somatosensory located in?
Parietal Lobe
What lobe is the auditory area located in?
temporal lobe
What is the corpus callosum?
Bundle of nerve fibres that connect the 2 hemispheres
What can damage in Broca's area lead to?
Broca's Aphasia
What is the motor area responsible for?
Responsible for voluntary movements
What is the visual area responsible for?
Receiving and processing visual information
What is Lateralisation?
The idea that each hemisphere is responsible for different functions
Which Hemisphere compensates for the loss of speech fluency?
The right hemisphere
What is the Somatosensory Area responsible for?
Recieves incoming sensory information to produce sensations
What is the auditory area responsible for?
Analysing and processing acoustic information
How many patients were studied in split brain research?
11
What is the term that describes the brains ability to form new neural connections when damaged
Neuroplasticity
What individual was studied once he had a metal rod go through his brain?
Phineas Gage
Who conducted the London Taxi driver experiment?
Maguire et al.
What were the 3 tasks they had to perform during Sperry's experiment?
Visual task
Drawing task
Touching and describing verbally