01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Auditory Cortex

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: BRYNILDSEN

Document Summary

Smoother when born, becomes more wrinkled when older. 2 hemispheres of cerebral cortex left and right. Frontal lobes-front(personality) sets us most apart from other animals. Frontal lobes at front of brain. Fingers, face have biggest space on motor cortex because it moves more finely. Contains broca"s area speech production (left frontal lobe) Understand what they want to say, but cannot fully say it. Unable to speak, write, or use sign language. Mirror neurons fire when observing another person doing something. Parietal lobes at top of brain. Contains somatosensory cortex receives information about sensation. Occipital lobes in back of head. Contains visual cortex processes visual signals. Blindness can be caused by damage to occipital lobe. Temporal lobes on sides of head. Contains wernicke"s area language comprehension (left side in most people) Wernicke"s aphasia: damage to wernicke"s area, cannot communicate properly, can result from stroke. Association areas involved in executive functions. In between lobes and some are in the lobes.