Cerebral Cortex

The ____________ ___________ is the outer surface of the cerebrum and involved with complex, higher order mental abilities.

Sensory areas

• initiate voluntary movements

• receive and process sensory information

• deal with complex functions that require integration of inputs of information from different areas

The cerebral hemispheres are connected by the __________ _____________.

True/False: the left hemisphere receives sensory information from the right side of the body and controls movements on the right side and vice versa for the right hemisphere.

• True

• False

The left hemisphere receives sensory information from the right side of the body and controls movements on the right side and vice versa for the right hemisphere. This is known as ___________________ _______________.

The idea that one hemisphere has specialised functions or exerts greater control over a particular function is called ____________________ ____________________.

The left hemisphere specialises in

• Verbal functions

• Analytical functions

• Non-verbal functions

• Controlling voluntary movements on right side of body

The cortical lobes of the cerebral cortex include the:

• frontal lobe, prefrontal cortex, left hemisphere, right hemisphere

• parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, frontal lobe

• left hemisphere, right hemisphere

• the hindbrain, forebrain, and midbrain

the BLUE section is the ________ lobe.

the YELLOW section is the __________ lobe.