Cerebral Cortex

Question	Answer
Corpus Callosum	Major connection for both brain hemispheres
Four main lobes	Frontal, Parietal, Temporal and Occipital
Occipital Lobe	Primary area for vision
Prosopagnosia	Inability to recognise faces. Associated with damage to occipital/temporal lobes
Temporal Lobe	Face recognition Memory Receptive are for sound Speech recognition
Korsakoff's Sydrome	Inability to move stimuli from the STM to the LTM Caused by damage to the temporal lobe
Wernicke's Syndrome	Lesion in the left side of the temporal lobe Can speak, but can't understand speech
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy	Uncoordinated electrical activity in the brain Triggers vivid visions and voices Van Gogh supposedly a sufferer
Parietal Lobe	Sensory Information (pain, touch, hot/cold) Spatial Awareness
Gerstmann's Syndrome	Caused by damage to the parietal lobe Difficulty with maths & writing Language disorders Inability to percieve objects
Frontal Lobe	Primary motor cortex Planning and sequencing Memory
Broca (1861)	Patient couldn't understand language, couldn't speak a sentence or write Lesion is in his left frontal cortex
Association Areas	Known as "silent cortex", when no function has been found Integrate signals from various senses

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