PSYC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Temporal Lobe, Cochlea, Occipital Lobe
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Overview: brain anatomy and terminology, neuroanatomy of brain function, what specific functions are localised to specific areas of the brain, history of brain "mapping" Anatomic terminology for directions/locations: top (superior/dorsal, bottom (inferior/ventral, back (posterior/caudal - towards the tail, front (anterior/rostral - towards the nose, medial (middle, side (lateral) Located at the front of the brain: anterior to the central sulcus, executive functions, reasoning, planning and problem solving. Inhibitory control: working memory, motor functions, premotor cortex - motor planning, primary motor cortex - execution, speech production, broca"s area, parietal lobe. Linking vision to action: represents spatial location of objects around us for guiding actions, temporal lobe. Inferior to the lateral sulcus: primary auditory cortex, perception of sound. Language comprehension: wernicke"s area, medial temporal lobe. Limbic system: amygdala, fear and arousal, responds to threat/danger, fear conditioning/learning, hippocampus. Learning and memory: forming new episodic memories, damage causes anterograde amnesia, occipital lobe, posterior part of the brain, primary visual cortex.
