The Brain and Behavior David Richard Monge Jr. BEH 225 February 9‚ 2014 The temporal lobe is a region of the cerebral cortex that is located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the mammalian brain. The temporal lobes are involved in the retention of visual memories‚ processing sensory input‚ comprehending language‚ storing new memories‚ emotion‚ and deriving meaning. The frontal lobe is an area in the brain of mammals‚ located at the front of each cerebral
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The Brain and Behavior Essay Marc Gagnon BEH/225 3/15/2014 Jennifer Reed Did you know that there are four lobes that are within the brain that control the way our behavior is. The frontal lobe and the temporal lobe are the two that we are going to discuss and how they control our behavior. We will also look at what heredity has to do with our behavior and if the lobes were damaged what could the affects be. Broca’s and Wernicke’s had aphesis on the lobes. The frontal lobe
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The amygdala‚ also known as the corpus amygdaloideum‚ is located deep and medially in the temporal (side) lobe of the brain. Damage to the amygdala leads to the inability to make memories in relation to the emotional or ‘valence’ of events. In this paper I will review the 1) structure‚ 2) functional pathways‚ 3) physiology‚ 4) development‚ and 5) the interesting role of PKMzeta in the amygdala. PKMzeta inhibits a critical pathway in the amygdala which appears to block the establishment of painful
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Epilepsy affects 48 out of every 100‚000 people in the U.S. making it the fourth most common brain disorder behind migraines‚ strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. Young children and older adults are more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy than any other age group. Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of over 40 known types of epilepsy. Definition The brain is divided into two hemispheres‚ and each hemisphere has a frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ occipital lobe and a temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is located
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A long-term memory is anything you remember that occurred more than a few minutes ago. Long-term memories can remain for just a couple of days‚ or for many years. There are many different types of long-term memories. These memories aren’t formed and kept in a single part of the brain; the process is actually spread throughout several regions of the brain. The different types of long-term memories are procedural memory‚ declarative memory‚ semantic memory and episodic memory. • Procedural Memory:
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The tectospinal tract connects the midbrain and the spinal cord. It is responsible for motor impulses that arise from one side of the midbrain to muscles on the opposite side of the body. The function of the tectospinal tract is to mediate reflex postural movements of the head in response to visual and auditory stimuli. Damage signs would show prevention in being able to coordinate the head‚ neck‚ and eye movements. Sensory receptors perform countless functions in our bodies including mediating vision
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The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of music and age on STM (WM). The results of the experiment were confirming the hypothesis to some extent. The hypothesis was that the older the subject conducting the experiment is‚ the higher the cognitive performance‚ which will result in a higher level in completing the task. Also the subjects will be distracted when the music is played. However‚ some of the results did not match the hypothesis; such as Group2 (Year 9 Newman) that completed
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The study to determine the effect of a new “miracle” drug that can temporarily inactivate areas of the brain is an experimental study. An experimental study is a controlled experiment in which the researcher has control over one variable‚ called the independent variable. The researcher then manipulates the independent variable and studies how that affects the variable he is measuring‚ called the dependent variable. Because this experiment includes the study of how the independent variable‚ in this
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Critically evaluate to what extent the ‘somatic marker hypothesis’ explains how decisions are made in the face of an uncertain outcome This essay will initially describe the nature of the Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH) regarding what it proposes. A vast amount of research has conducted into the SMH which leads to the central aim of the essay which will be to critically evaluate to what extent the hypothesis explains how decisions are made in situations of an uncertain outcome. This will be achieved
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The corpus callosum(CC) links the cerebral cortex of the left and right cerebral hemispheresand is the largest fibre pathway in thebrain. It is approximately 10cms in length and is shaped‚ like most of the supratentorial structures‚ in a gentle upwardly convex arch. The postrior portion of the corpus callosum is called thesplenium; theanteriois called thegenu(or "knee"); between the two is the "body"‚ of the corpus callosum. genu : forceps minor : connect medial and lateral surfaces of the
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