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Biological Bases of Behavior

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Frontal Lobe -Behind the forehead, last to fully develop, and is connected to speaking, judgement, decision making, and impulse control -Contains broca's area on the left side: expressive speech
Parietal lobe -Top of the head, contains Somatosensory cortex and motor cortex -Functions: Spatial organization, sensory information
Somatosensory cortex Receives information from sense organs
Motor cortex Sends commands back to the body
Temporal lobe -Near your ears (Auditory processing, Auditory cortex)
Auditory processing Left lobe contains Wernicke’s Area: receptive speech
Auditory Cortex Receives information from OPPOSITE ear
Broca’s & Wernicke’s Aphasia the loss of ability to understand or perform speech
Occipital Lobe -Back of your head, and Contains visual cortex Receives information from opposite visual field of each eye
Cerebellum -“Little Brain” Functions: Balance, motor function & memory
Two Hemispheres Connected by the corpus callosum The brain is cross-wired to the body
Left hemisphere Language, analytical thinking, control of right side of body
Right hemisphere Spatial reasoning, control of left side of body
Split Brain & Hemispherectomy Brain hemispheres can be separated to stop seizure activity -Sever corpus callosum -Remove one half of the brain
Plasticity Ability of the brain to find new pathways around damaged areas
Neurogenesis Production of new neurons
Split Brain & Hemispherectomy con’t -Split brain studies: Michael Gazzaniga -Left brain reads; right brain interprets
Created by: Sophia154
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