PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parietal Lobe, Cerebral Cortex, Frontal Lobe
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Cerebral cortex is the place where high level perception of the world occurs. It is also where controlled motor activities originate. The cerebral cortex is where all our controlled interactions with the external world occur. This contrasts with a number of more basic brain regions. These regions are more devoted to monitoring and controlling internal behaviours and automatic responses to external stimuli. Emotional control center and home to our personality. Information such as taste, temperature, and touch. Responsible for processing visual information from the eyes. Responsible for balance and coordination of muscles and the body. The left side of the brain relates to the right side of the body, or space. The right side of the brain relates to the left side of the body, or space. Lateralization: notion that the brain is composed of separate hemispheres creating left and right of all cortical tissue. Occipital (and lower part of the temporal) lobes are devoted to vision.
