Diseases and Damage
inability to identify faces
prosopagnosia
lobe (and hemisphere) that houses Broca's area
left frontal lobe
language comprehension
why is the cortex wrinkly
to increase surface area
the formation of new neurons
neurogenesis
inability to imagine color
achromatopsia
houses the primary visual cortex, used entirely for vision
occipital
the name of the neural structure that allows the two hemispheres to communicate
corpus callosum
the space between terminal buttons of one neuron and dendrites of another
synapse
the brain's sensory control center; directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla
Thalamus
What disease involves the death of neurons in the substantia nigra
Parkinson's disease
frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
the hemisphere of the brain that controls and receives input from the right side of the body
left
areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory function. Involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking
association areas
What happened to Phineas Gage and why
he was unable to acceptably express his emotions because a bar went through his frontal lobe
responsibilities of the parietal lobe
houses sensory cortex, navigates, math
functions of the brain considered right hemisphere functions
facial recognition, processing, music, spatial abiliities
the name of the man who did the split-brain studies
Sperry
the brain's ability to change by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience
plasticity
How do people with hemispatial neglect behave
They ignore half the visual field and one side of all objects
responsibilities of the frontal lobe
planning, interpreting emotions, houses motor cortex, speech production
if a split-brain patient held an orange in her left hand and a pencil in her right, what would she say if asked what she was holding and why?
a pencil. left brain is responsible for speech and comprehension
According to Burnham and Phelan's theory of how the basal ganglia work, what happens when people experience negative events?
the emotional pain fades quickly with time so we won't be debilitated by grief
explain the two nervous systems and their divisions
somatic, autonomic: sympathetic and parasympathetic