PSYC 1100 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Sympathetic Parasympathetic Nervous Systems II Brain continued a Pons b Cerebellum c Superior Colliculus d Substantia Nigra e Dopamine Outline of Current Lecture I The Cerebral Cortex a Frontal Lobes b Parietal Lobes c Temporal Lobes d Occipital Lobes Current Lecture I The Cerebral Cortex Thin covering on the outer surface of the brain that constitutes 80 of the brain Consists if a very large sheet of tissue that is crumpled up and jammed into the limited space inside the skull o Creates the wrinkles convolutions that cover the brain s outer surface Can be divides into two hemispheres right and left each which consists of four lobes frontal occipital temporal and parietal Frontal Lobes o Form the front of the brain right behind the forehead o Used in decision making Parietal Lobes o The brains topmost part o Includes the primary sensory projection area Temporal Lobes o Bottom of the brain under the frontal lobes o Includes primary audio projection area Occipital Lobes These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o At the very back of the brain o Includes primary visual projection area
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