Localisation + Function of the Brain

Name 4 lobes of brain + their function

- Frontal Lobe -> movement, decision making, speech production

- Parietal Lobe -> processing sensory info

- Temporal Lobe -> processing sound

- Occipital Lobe -> processing visual info

Function of Broca's + Wernicke's area

- Broca's area -> speech production

- Wernicke's area -> language comprehension

Function of Motor area + Somatosensory area

- Motor area -> regulating movement

- Somatosensory area -> processing sensory info

Function of Left and Right Hemisphere of brain

- Left -> lateralised for language and logical thinking

- Right -> creative + imaginative side

Supporting evidence for Broca's + Wernicke's area

- Broca found in post-mortem of his patient "tan" who could only say this word and found extensive damage to left frontal lobe -> damage to this area causes Broca's aphasia

- Wernicke worked at hospital and found damage in area close to auditory complex in temporal lobe resulted in patients unable to comprehend language