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7 Cards in this Set
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Define the functions and location of the Frontal Lobe.
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Location: Top front of the brain
Function: planning and decision making, certain kinds of memory (developing strategies for remembering), and personality |
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Define the function and location of Broca's area.
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Location: in a portion of the left frontal lobe (in most people)
Function: Speech prodcution |
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Define the function and location of the Motor cortex.
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Location: The rear of the frontal lobe in both hemispheres
Function: vouluntary muscle movement, language production, higher level thought processes |
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Define the function and location of the Parietal lobe.
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Location: roughly the top middle portion of the brain
Function: Contains the somatosensory cortex though which people experiance the sense of touch |
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Define the function and location of the Temporal lobe
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Location: on either side of the cortex
Function: Processing audiotry information; involved in certain aspects of speech and language perception |
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Define the function and location of the occipital lobe
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location: back of the brain
Function: Visual processing |
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Define the function and location of Wernicke's area
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Location: In the temporal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere
Function: language comprehension |