Frontal Lobe
Responsible for decision making, problem solving, reasoning, motor control,, social control, memory, and attention
What are some of the primary functions of the frontal lobe?
Responsible for processing somatosensory information such as pain, touch, and temperature
What are some of the primary functions of the parietal lobe?
Responsible for visual processing
What is the primary function of the occipital lobe?
Responsible for processing auditory information and encoding memories
What are some of the primary functions of the temporal lobe?
Responsible for muscle control and regulating vital bodily functions
What is the primary function of the cerebellum and brain stem?
Most anterior position of the cerebral cortex
What is the location of the frontal lobe?
Medial region of the cortex between the frontal and occipital lobes in each hemisphere, continuous with temporal lobe
What is the location of the parietal lobe?
Posterior region of cerebral hemisphere, most dorsal region of the brain
What is the location of the occipital lobe?
Lateral region of cortex in the cerebral hemisphere, continuous with parietal lobe
What is the location of the temporal lobe?
Posterior region of the brain, inferior to cerebrum
What is the location of the cerebellum and brain stem?
Executes voluntary physical motion and movements
What is the pre-central gyrus AND/OR primary motor cortex?
Mediates sense of touch, is the first to receive sensory information from the thalamus
What is the post-central gyrus AND/OR primary somatosensory cortex?
The occipital lobe is the only one in the brain to be fully dedicated to one singular thing: sight
What is the reason the occipital lobe is unique?
Deep fissure to demarcate the temporal lobe
What is the Sylvian fissure?
The connection between the spinal cord and the cerebellum and, with that, the cerebrum
What is the physical significance of the brain stem?
In charge of receiving odor information from the nose, processing it, and relaying that information to the rest of the brain
What is the Olfactory bulb?
Part of the way the memory works is through familiarity and recognition: whether the brain recognizes fact or information as known and "old" memory rather than correct
What is a way memory works in the parietal lobe and cortex?
Deep bilateral occipital lobe damage resulting in total dream loss, even if the REM cycle remains the same and appears normal
What is Charcot-Wilbrand Syndrome?
Grey matter atrophy, or the loss of grey matter in the brain
What is something common in temporal lobe epilepsy patients?
The midbrain (eye movement/visual & auditory processing/reflexes), pons (facial expression/breathing/sleep), and medulla (regulation of vital functions)
What are the three regions of the brain stem?
A lack of regret or issues acting ethically during decision making, one of the functions of the frontal cortex
What is a consequence of frontal cortex damage?
Early metabolic changes in the parietal cortex is one of the major ways Alzheimer disease appears in the brain
What is one of the ways the parietal lobe is more important for memory than previously thought?
During emotional tasks, the middle occipital gyrus is shown to have decreased activation, leading to less visual context and detail
What is one of the way schizophrenia can impact the occipital lobe?
What are symptoms of alterations in the temporal lobe?
While the basic layout may remain the same, the way nerves communicate using chemicals differs from species to species
What are ways the human brain stem is unique in comparison to animal brain stems?