PSYC 2000 Chapter : The Biological Perspective Part 2
Document Summary
The biological perspective part 2: note: only highlighting some specific functions for some brain regions, note; the different parts of the brain work together to accomplish tasks. Lobes: parts of lobes: frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, cerebellum, brain stem, temporal lobe. Frontal lobe: responsible for higher (complex) mental processes and decision making. Also, contains the motor cortex: output: motor cortex (left hemisphere section controls the body"s right side) Input: sensory cortex (left hemisphere section receives input from the body"s right side) Parietal lobes: contain the somatosensory cortex: area of neurons running down the front of the parietal lobes; responsible for processing information from the skin and internal body receptors for touch temperature, body position. Contains: primary auditory cortex: processes auditory information from the ears, auditory association cortex: interprets or makes sense of auditory information, some parts also responsible for aspects of language.
