Cerebral cortex

What is the function of the cerebral cortex

Centre of conscious thought, recalls memories and alters behaviour in light of experience

Explain how the diagram supports the suggestion that there is localisation of function in the brain (1)

Different areas of the brain are active during different aspects of the task.

Explain the high level of brain activity during the description of the task (1)

These are the auditory areas

The three localised areas of the central cortex

Sensory areas

Motor areas

Association areas

What does the association area involve

Language processing, imagination, personality and intelligence

What are the two halves of the central cortex called

Right central hemisphere

Left central hemisphere

What is the function of the sensory areas

Receive information as sensory impulses from body’s receptors

What is the function of the association areas

Receive, analyse & interpret sensory impulses e.g. processing, personality, imagination and intelligence

What is the function of the Motor areas

Receive info from association areas & send motor impulses to the effectors e.g. muscles

Where is information transferred between cerebral hemispheres

The corpus callosum

Which hemisphere deals with information from which visual field

The left cerebral hemisphere deals with the right

The right cerebral hemisphere deals with the left

What does the left cerebral hemisphere control

The right side of the body

Which colour does the right hemisphere know about

Blue

Which colour does the left hemisphere know about

Orange

Where is the speech area located

Left cerebral hemisphere

Where are memories stored in the brain?

The cerebral cortex