PSYC 3458 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Supramarginal Gyrus, Fusiform Face Area, Auditory Cortex
2 Feb 2017
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4 primary lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital. The frontal cortex: supports higher cognitive functioning including voluntary control over movements/ actions and personality, major divisions: Central sulcus- divides frontal and parietal lobes. Primary motor cortex (m1: nerves from m1 carry signals to the brainstem and spinal cord, directly initiate movements. Premotor cortex: learned and sequential movements. Prefrontal cortex: volitional control of current and future movements, higher order [executive] functioning. Tuesday, october 18, 2016: process sensory information, thought to contain memory storage (near the hippocampus, language comprehension (wernicke"s area, superior temporal gyrus. Primary auditory cortex: middle temporal gyrus. Recognition of faces and word meaning: inferior temporal gyrus. Perception of visual form and color: fusiform face area. The parietal cortex: integrates sensory information. Helps adjust behavior based on incoming environmental information: superior parietal lobule [posterior parietal cortex] Higher order somatosensory area, complete self image of body and interactions with environment.
