Cerebral Cortex

• An intricate covering of interconnected neural cells
• Forms a thin surface layer on your cerebral hemispheres

Glial Cells

• "Glue cells" that guide neural connections
• provide nutrients
• insulate myelin
• mop up ions and neurotransmitters

Frontal Lobes

• Behind you forehead

Parietal Lobes

• At the top and to the rear

Occipital Lobes

• At the back of your head

Temporal Lobes

• Just above your ears

Motor Cortex

• The arch-shaped region at the back of the frontal lobe

• Running from ear to ear

Sensory Cortex

• A cortical area that specializes in receiving information from the skin senes
• Receive info from the movement of body parts

Association Areas

• Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions
• Areas involved in higher mental functions such as learning, and speaking

Aphasia

• Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area or Wernicke's area.

Broca's Area

• Controls language expression
• An area in the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.

Wernicke's Area

• Controls language reception
• A brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the lest temporal lobe

Plasticity

• The brain's capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage and in experiments on the effects of experience on brain development

Corpus Callosum

• The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them