CFS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parietal Lobe, Cerebellum, Occipital Lobe
27 Jan 2017
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Height and weight average american newborn is 20 inches long and weighs 7 pounds. Extensive brain development continues after birth, throughout infancy, and even later. At birth, the brain weighs about 25% of its adult weights by 2 years, the brain is 75% of its adult weight. Forebrain includes cerebral cortex and structures beneath it. Cerebral cortex covers forebrain like a wrinkled cap. 4 lobes frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe. Lateralization specialization of function in one hemisphere or the other of the brain. Frontal motor strip location, impulsivity, short term memory, emotion, voluntary movement, social functioning, creativity, expressive language. Parietal sensory strip location, perception, touch, ability to draw, reading and writing, calculations. Temporal hearing, long term memory, verbal and written recognition memory, receptive memory, music, and initiation of verbal. Cerebellum coordination, balance, ability to judge distance, muscle tone including the muscles required for speech. Brain stem connects with the spinal cord, reticular activating system, thalamus, hypothalamus.
