2.10.25 lecture: association areas and white matter

__________________________________ allows us to give meaning to information received, store it as memory, compare it to previous experience, and decide on action to take

multimodal association areas

_______________________ receive inputs from multiple sensory areas

multimodal association areas

true/false: the multimodal associations don't just receive inputs from multiple areas, they also send outputs to multiple areas

true!

name the 3 parts of multimodal association areas

1. anterior association area

2. posterior association area

3. limbic association area

which multimodal association area is associated with the prefrontal cortex?

anterior association area

the ___________________ association area combines the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes

posterior association area

multimodal association areas send outputs to the ____________________

prefrontal cortex

the ___________ association area is a large region in the temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes

posterior

abstract thinking and cognitive processing takes place in the _________________________ association area

anterior association area

_____________________ is involved in understanding spoken language

wernicke's area (vern-ickee)

wernicke's area is located in the ___________ association area, only in the ___________ hemisphere

posterior; dominant

pop quiz: electrical synapses communicate via ______________

gap junctions

the __________ is really important for emotions and the ___________ is important for memories

amygdala; hippocampus

the ___________ association area is important for processing your emotions and establishing memories

limbic

__________ connect the right and left sides of the brain

commissural fibers

___________________ is a large set of commissural fibers

corpus callosum

_____________________ carry info from one cortex/area to another within the same hemisphere

association fibers

_____________________ carry info either ascending or descending (to or from the cortex)

projection fibers

the _______________ are subcortical nuclei

basal nuclei

basal nuclei is another name for ______________

basal ganglia

basal nuclei are associated with the _______________ and ___________________

diencephalon and midbrain

the basal nuclei regulate ___________________

motor patterns