06 Cerebral Cortex

Lobes

Frontal

Motor Cortex

  • gyrus: rigids
  • precentral gyrus: contain motor cortex

Frontal Eye Fields

Broca's

  • Broca = broken

Wernicke

Global Aphasia

Prefrontal Cortex

  • makes us human

Parietal Lobe

  • left agnosia: don't perceive part of space on left side. Often doesn't know body exists

Baum's Loop

Temporal Lobe

  • cortical deafness: inner ear works fine. Can't perceive sounds

Olfactory

  • HSV can cause temporal lobe seizure

Meyer's Loop

Amygdala

Kluver-Bucy

Occipital Lobe