Neuroanatomy Wk 3

Which cerebral cortex area receives and perceives sensory information from the body?

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Which cerebral cortex area receives and perceives sensory information from the body?

Primary sensory cortex

Which structure below is one of the most important areas for memory?

Entorhinal cortex

Motor information is important to speech production, but not sensory information

Which cerebral cortex area sends motor signals to muscles to move?

Primary motor cortex

Which cortical area controls eye movements?

Frontal eye fields

Which cerebral cortex area appears to be involved with our phonological system, specifically in storing auditory representations of phonemes and phoneme combinations?

Supramarginal gyrus

Which cerebral cortex area is involved in attaching meaning to auditory information, especially speech and language

Wernicke's area

Which cerebral cortex area is associated with cognition, personality, decision-making, and social behavior?

Prefrontal cortex

In terms of sound frequency, the primary auditory cortex is tonographically organized, meaning that neurons at one end of the cortex are sensitive to higher frequencies and neurons at the other end are sensitive to lower frequencies.

Which profile of prefrontal cortex damage did Phineas Gage suffer from?