Psychology 1000 Lecture : The Brain Part 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Frontal lobe motor area: controls all muscles (back of lobe) Parietal lobe somatosensory area: controls taste, smell and balance (front of lobe) Occipital lobe visual area: sight signals are processed (bottom of lobe) Temporal lobe auditory area: middle center where sound is processed (top of lobe) Visual: near occipital lobe: topographical representation, contra-lateral control, functional assignment. Angiogram: x-rays enhanced with dye blood vessels. Cat scan: x-rays from 360 degree rotation soft tissue structure. Mri: expose to strong magnet crystal clear image, structural/functional. * association areas are right next to primary projection areas info goes to projection areas and then to association areas which interpret and integrate* Speech: broca"s expressive (found in frontal lobe) Telegraphic: wernick"s receptive (found in temporal lobe) Indication of movement of pieces of apparatus or intimating the cost. Results from damage (stroke) to right hemisphere (parietal and temporal) Almost unheard of with damage to left hemisphere.