Temporal and Occipital Lobes

Where is the temporal lobe located?

below the lateral fissure (sylvian fissure)

Heschl's Gyrus

Primary auditory cortex.

BM 41

Wernicke's area

located in the posterior superior temporal gyrus

BM 22

Language comprehension center

Which lobe is the primary seizure area?

temporal

What is the amygdala?

located deep in the temporal lobe

For emotions

What is the hippocampus responsible for?

learning and memory

explicit memory (declarative memory)

facts & events

conscious recall

implicit memory

unconscious memory

What are the two systems of declarative memory?

A. Semantic- memory that is independent of context "that thing in the sky is a plane"

B. Episodic memory- more personal memories "I went on a plane to Canada"

procedural memory

implicit

a memory of how to do something

ex- tie your shoe or ride a bike

Which parts of the brain play a role in procedural memory?

basal ganglia and cerebellum

H.M. what happened with him?

He had his hippocampus and amygdala removed to treat epilepsy

lost the ability to form new long-term memories

procedural memory stayed intact

Clive Wearing what was wrong with him?

He had infections to his hippocampus causing him to have one of the most severe cases of amnesia in the world. "the man with the 7 second memory."

What is amnesia?

the loss of memory or the failure to remember an experience

What is the fusiform gyrus responsible for?

facial recognition

Which hemisphere of the fusiform gyrus is in charge?

right

What is prosopagnosia?

Face blindness. Inability to identify an individual by their face.

What is the occipital lobe responsible for?

visual processing

What are the outcomes of occipital lobe damage?

can cause visual hallucinations and illusions

Where is the occipital lobe located?

back of the brain

What is alexia?

inability to read

word blindness

What is agraphia?

loss of ability to write

writing issues