Famous People and Ideas
Came up with early explanations for how the brain and language are related
Who is Paul Broca?
Involved in visual perception and processing
What is the occipital lobe?
A 'relay station' for sensory signals to areas of the cortex
What is the thalamus?
Relating to the upper side or back
What is dorsal?
Large masses of gray matter deep within the cerebrum
What are basal ganglia?
Explained connections in the brain
Who is Carl Wernike?
Bounded anteriorly by the central sulcus, inferiorly by the posterior end of the lateral sulcus, and posterior by an imaginary line
What is the parietal lobe?
Appears to be involved in speech/language planning
What is Broca's area?
Front of the body
What is anterior?
Caudate and the putamen are often grouped together
What is the striatum?
Highlighted how language deficits are associated with lesions
Who is Norman Geschwind?
Responsible for auditory processing and auditory association
What is the temporal lobe?
Project from an area in the cortex to some other distant structure in the central nervous system
What are Projection Fibers?
Back of the body
What is posterior?
Diseases often associated with the basal ganglia
What are hypokinesia and parkinson’s disease?
Proposed cerebral dominance theory
Who are Orton and Travis?
Associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving
What is the frontal lobe?
Connect areas within a hemisphere
What are Association Fibers?
Sliced horizontally
What is transverse section?
Parts of the basal ganglia
What are the striatum, globus pallidus, substantia nigra, and subthalamic nucleus?
Work findings led to the Boston Classification scheme
Who is Norman Geschwind?
Association areas involved in the recognition of visual information
What is the occipital lobe?
Connect areas in one hemisphere with areas in the other hemisphere
What are Commissural Fibers?
Divides the body into dorsal and ventral parts
What is the coronal plane?
Excitatory in nature
What is the subthalamic nucleus?