PSY E111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Frontal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex, Motor Cortex
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Each hemisphere is divided into 4 different lobes (a human has 2 of each type of lobe total of 8 lobes) Frontal lobe: part of the brain that is associated with our highest cognitive functions. 3 important parts of the frontal lobe. Any motor action that you take in which you control yourself, starts in the. Responsible for organizing and coordinating your voluntary motor activities. The motor cortex: located in the back of the frontal lobe (on the top layer) Motor cortex sends information to your spinal cord and the spinal cord. Broca"s aphasia: what happens when broca"s area is damaged (ex: could be damaged due to stroke and many other reasons) it is when your speech sound muscles are no longer coordinated. The person is struggling to articulate, they have trouble forming the speech sounds but they can understand language.
