Parietal Lobe
Located in this lobe, what is the name of the prominent gyrus that is responsible for the main sensory receptive area?
Postcentral gyrus
What is the main function of this lobe?
to control thinking, movement, behavior, and decision-making
What does this lobe process?
Visual signals sent from your eyes.
What type of information does the temporal lobe primarily process?
Auditory information such as sound and speech.
If an area in this lobe was impaired, what would be the effects shown?
Issues regarding spatial awareness (ie. bumping into things), difficulty in performing calculations and information regarding numerics, etc.
Which region controls voluntary movement?
M1
What two cells make up this lobe?
Neurons and Glial cells.
The left temporal lobe plays a major role in understanding what skill related to communication?
Language comprehension.
What is the name and purpose of the cortex in this area of the lobe?
The primary somatosensory cortex is located in this area of the brain and is responsible for receiving sensation from touch receptors, muscle-stretch receptors, and joint receptors?
What is the area of speech production called?
Broca’s area
Where is this lobe located?
Back of your brain, at the caudal end; posterior to parietal lobe and dorsal to the cerebellum.
Damage to the temporal lobe can lead to changes in which two emotional or behavioral responses?
Fear and motivation.
Approximately how much does the parietal lobe make up of the brain’s cerebral cortex?
around 19%
What is the area called that is in charge or planning and decision making?
Prefrontal cortex
What happens when you severely damage this lobe?
Damage can lead to cortical blindness which is when you have no conscious visual perception, no visual imagery, and no vision in dreams.
What happens when the temporal lobe is damaged on both sides of the brain?
It can cause trouble recognizing sounds, faces, or words, and may lead to memory problems.
Split into two lobules, what are their names and functions in this lobe?
Inferior Parietal Lobe - concerned with language, mathematical operations, body image, spatial attention, visuomotor, and auditory processing
Superior Parietal Lobe - spatial orientation and sensorimotor integration, as well as being responsible for receiving many signals from your hands.
What does the orbitofrontal cortex control?
Social behaviors and impulse
What are the two main functional areas of this lobe?
The primary visual cortex (V1) - Where visual information from the retina first arrives via the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the thalamus.
The secondary visual cortex (V2, V3, V4, V5) - This surrounds the primary visual cortex and is responsible for more detailed visual processing, such as color, form, and motion.
What are two major structures within the temporal lobe that are involved in emotion and memory?
The amygdala and the hippocampus.