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The Cerebral Cortex
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/10/2010

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hierarchy of cortical processing
Definition
primary cortex-info registered
secondary cortex-info processed
association cortex-info from sensory/motor systems integrated
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occipital lobe
Definition
vision
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parietal lobe
Definition
somatosensory information processing
-primary somatosensory cortex
-parietal association cortex & perception
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temporal lobe
Definition
audition, memory, and language comprehension
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rhinal cortex (temporal lobe)
Definition
involved in formation of new memories
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inferotemporal cortex (temporal lobe)
Definition
involved in memories of visual patterns, receives info from ventral visual stream
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wernicke's area damage
Definition
speaks clearly and rapidly, but confused and jumbled
RECEPTIVE DEFICIT-doesn't make sense
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frontal lobe
Definition
voluntary motor movement, language production, executive functions
Term
broca'a area damage
Definition
impairment in language production, poor grammar (blunted speech, but logical)
EXPRESSIVE DEFICIT-not put together right
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angular gyrus
Definition
part of frontal lobe specific for written language
damage=alexia and agraphia
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arcuate fasciculus
Definition
axons connecting Wernicke's and Broca's areas
damage=conduction aphasia (can't repeat hard words)
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executive functions
Definition
decision making, thinking, behavioral inhibition
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malfunction of PFC
Definition
addiction, depression, schizophrenia, OCD
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cingulate cortex (limbic)
Definition
involved in regulation and perception of emotions
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PFC damage
Definition
loss of inhibition over verbal and motor behavior
(phineas gage-became violent, profane, and undependable)
Term
identifying objects (verbally and by touch)
Definition
verbally-left hand dominates (left=verbal and non-verbal language)
by touch-hands are equal (right=non-verbal language)
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