23/24 U4L5 The lobes and responsibilities of the brain review

which of the following is parietal lobe?

which of the following is cerebellum?

which of the following is the frontal lobe?

which of the following is the occipital lobe?

which of the following is the temporal lobe?

which of the following is the spinal cord?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Frontal Lobe

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(b) Parietal Lobe

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(c) Occipital Lobe

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(d) Temporal Lobe

• processing sensory information

• perception of sizes

• concentration

• speech

• shape perception

• identify objects

• smell recognition

• motor function

• Broca's area (speech ability)

• musical rhythm

• personality characteristics

• behavior and mood

• interpreting pressure, pain, temperature.

• visual center of the brain

• understanding language

• decision-making

• hearing and attention

• understand spatial relationships

• short term memory

• Wernicke's area ( understand spoken language)

The corpus callosum

• manages our understanding of speech and language

• cannot process messages sent from the left hand

• is a deep fissure in the cerebral cortex

• is a thick band of nerve fibres linking the two hemispheres of the brain

Which of the following statements is true?

• Each hemisphere's functions are fixed and cannot be performed by the other hemisphere
• The right hemisphere mostly specialises in verbal functions, while the left hemisphere specialises in non-verbal functions
• Both hemispheres operate quite independently 
• We usually draw on both hemipsheres to perform most functions 

Which side of the body does the left hemisphere control?

• The left side

• The right side

• Both sides