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| What is the primary function of the parietal lobe and where is the parietal lobe located? |
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| The parietal lobe is located on the side of the cerebral hemisphere, just behind the central fissure, in back of the frontal lobe. Parietal lobe is involved in perception of the body. |
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| What does damage to the association cortex of the left parietal lobe do? |
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| Disrupt the ability to read or write. But you can talk and understand speech fairly easily. Precise hand movements are difficult. Sloppy and shaky. |
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| What does damage to the right parietal lobe do? |
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| It causes perceptual problems. Person has trouble integrants the parts of a picture into an integrated whole. |
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| The right parietal lobe helps keep track of what? |
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| The left parietal lobe helps us keep track of what? |
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| The location of the moving parts of our own body. Arithmetic can also be difficult. |
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| What is the primary function of the frontal lobe? |
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| Involved in motor activity |
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| Secondary functions of the frontal lobe? |
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| Planning, changing strategies, being aware of oneself, evaluatating emotionally related stimuli, and spontaneous behavior. There is a region involved in speech. |
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| What happens if you damage the frontal cortex? |
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| Slowing of thoughts and behavior and loss of spontaneity. Perseveration ( difficulty changing strategies). Loss of self-awareness and changes in emotional reactions. Problems with foresight and planning. |
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| Someone who is blind cannot recognize an object |
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| What are the main functions of the left hemisphere of the brain? |
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| Analysis. Extraction of information about details of perception, such as the series of sounds that constitue speech or the symboles that constitute writing. |
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| What is the primary function of the right hemisphere? |
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| Mostly concerned with synthesis. Putting together a perception of the general form and shape of things from smaller elements present at the same time. |
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| What is the corpus callosum? |
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| A bundle of axons that separates the two hemispheres. |
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| Where is Broca's area and what does it do? |
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| Broca's area is in the left frontal cortex and is specialized for control of speech. |
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| What does the medulla do? |
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| It is the part of the brain stem closest to the spinal cord. It controls vital functions such as heart rate and blood pressure. |
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| The part of the brain stem just above the medulla; involved in the control of sleep |
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| The part of the brain stem anterior to the pons, inovle din the control fighting and sexual behavior and in decreased sensitivity to pain during these behaviors. |
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