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Sensory Cortex/location
Front of Parietal Lobes
receives info from skin senses
from movement of body parts
Plasticity
modify itself after damage
brain ability to change
Cerebral Cortex
Body's ultimate control
information processing center
Cerebral Cortex LOBES
Occipital
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Frontal Lobes/location
behind forehead
speaking
muscle movement
making plans
judgement
Temporal Lobes/location
above the ears
auditory areas
each information from opposite ear
Hemispheric Specialization
Alas reality is more completed
happens before some types of brain surgery
Occipital Lobes/location
back of head
receive information from visual fields
Cerebellum/location
rear of brain stem
processing sensory input
coordinating movement
output
balance
enabling nonverbal learning and memory
Parietal Lobes/location
top of the head toward the rear
receives sensory input for touch
body position
Corpus Callosum
(
large band
)
large band of neural fibers connecting two brains hemispheres
carrying messages between them
Split Brain Patients
surprisingly normal
personality and intellect hardly affected
Split Brain
condition resulting from surgery
isolates the brains two hemispheres by cutting the fibers
Author
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315245
Card Set
Psych Mod-4
Description
The Brain
Updated
2016-02-03T19:37:06Z
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