Comprehension
Wernicke and Broca's areas
Wernicke- reciprocal communication; monitors all incoming sound and makes sense of it
Broca's- Language production
Medial temporal gyrus links...
language with memory for word recognition and meaning
Temporal Lobe Pathology:
Difficulty understanding spoke words, speech is preserved but uses incorrect language
Wernicke's aphasia
Anosagnosia
Lack of awareness of deficit (can't recognize own illness)
This area of the brain is responsible for bilateral motor movement- such as tying shoes or riding a bike
Supplemental motor area
Connects Wernicke and Broca's areas
What is the arcuate fasciculus
The insula..
- Insula is located in media temporal lobe
- responsible for emotional memory and emotional recognition
The dominant parietal hemisphere is responsible for
(D)etails
(R)eading
(A)ttention to the right side of the body
(W)riting
(W)ritten Math
(S)patial map of the body
Apotemnophilia
Desire to have a healthy limb amputated because of the belief that a limb is not part of their body
Integration of oral facial movements is the role of
Brodmann's area 4, 39 and 40
4: primary motor cortex
39: AKA the Angular gyrus, responsible for reading
40: AKA the Supramarginal gyrus, responsible for writing
Inferior temporal gryus plays a role in..
recognizing objects, and is part of the "what" pathway
The non-dominant parietal hemisphere is responsible for
(G)estalt
(R)ight/left orientation
(A)ttention to both sides of the body
(A)bstract Math
(S)patial map of the body
"the parietal lobe drawws graas"
Somatoparaphrenia
Denial of ownership of limb, often thinking the limb belongs to someone else
This part of the prefrontal cortex is responsible for inhibition initiation, and flexibility in response
Orbitofrontal
What is the Uncus responsible for? Which of the 5 senses don't pass through the thalamus?
SMELLLLLL
Difficulty recognizing faces, but not objects
Prosopagnosia
Line Bisection is an easy way to determine if someone has what pathology?
Left neglect
Ventromedial part of the prefrontal cortex is associated with this
emotion regulation, conscious association of perception, and is the root of empathy
- Medial to insula is the Claustrom, which is a thin sheet of neurons highly connected to all areas of the brain.
- these neurons synchronize visual, auditory, tactile, and motor information
Hyperoral, hypersexual, hyperphagic, passive, emotional blunting, visual agnosia
Kluver Bucy
Gerstman's syndrome
Occurs when there is damage to the left parietal lobe.
It includes right-left confusion, difficulty with writing (agraphia) and difficulty with mathematics (acalculia). It can also produce disorders of language (aphasia) and the inability to perceive objects normally (agnosia).
Planning, selective attention, and working memory are associated w/which profrontal area?
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