Language Centers and Sensation in the Brain

These flashcards cover vocabulary related to the language centers of the brain, sensory processes, and aspects related to perception.

Parietal Lobe

Involved in perception, spatial awareness, manipulating objects, and spelling.

Broca's Area

Region of the brain responsible for expressing language.

Wernicke's Area

Region of the brain involved in understanding language.

Angular Gyrus

Cortex area that processes symbols into reading.

Occipital Lobe

Part of the brain that deals primarily with vision.

Temporal Lobe

Responsible for expressing language and recognizing faces and emotions.

Frontal Lobe

Involved in planning, organizing, emotional control, personality, and problem solving.

Sensation

The process by which our sensory receptors receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

Stimulus

Any detectable input from the environment that our senses respond to.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.

Cocktail Party Effect

The ability to focus on one voice among many in a noisy environment.

Amplitude

The height of sound waves, which determines loudness.

Frequency

The number of complete wave cycles that occur in a given time period, related to pitch.

Taste Receptors

Clusters of cells on the tongue sensitive to the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.

Olfactory System

The sensory system for smell, primarily located in the nasal cavity.

Kinesthetic Sense

The sense that provides information about the position and movement of body parts.

Neural Gate Control Theory

The theory that pain is experienced through the opening and closing of neural gates in the spinal cord.

Perception

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.