The Cerebral Cortex

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The Cerebral Cortex
Laid out it would be about the size of a large
pizza.

• Largest part of the brain
• Controls thinking, voluntary movement, language,
  reasoning and perception
• The intricate fabric of interconnected neural
  cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres

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• Frontal Lobes
• involved in speaking and muscle movements and in
  making plans and higher level thinking

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• Motor Cortex
• area at the rear of the frontal lobes that
  controls voluntary movements
• Sensory Cortex
• area at the front of the parietal lobes that
  registers and processes body sensations

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Association Areas

• Uncommitted areas that are not involved in
  primary functions but play a role in learning,
  remembering, and thinking

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• Parietal Lobes
• Involved in sensations (touch), pressure, and
  pain, temperature

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• Temporal Lobes
• include the auditory areas

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• Occipital Lobes
• include the visual areas, which receive visual
  information from the opposite visual field

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Language and the Brain

• Brocas Area
• an area of the left frontal lobe that directs the
  muscle movements involved in speech
• BROKEN SPEECH

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Brocas Area
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Language and the Brain

• Wernickes Area
• an area of the left temporal lobe involved in
  language comprehension and expression
• MEANINGLESS WORDS

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• Is this caused by damage to Brocas area or
  Wernickes area?
• Mother is away her working her work to get her
  better, but when shes looking the two boys
  looking the other part. Shes working another
  time. - ___________

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• Is this caused by damage to Brocas area or
  Wernickes area?
• To be. but long time. if. allowed tonot.
  today. - ___________