PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psych Chapter 2
Document Summary
Transmits information to and from the cns. (peripheral nerves: spinal cord: reflex arc neurons, 1. Afferent sensory from senses to spinal cord: 2. Lobes: occipital lobe: 90% of processing here is vision, frontal lobe: generally responsible for higher order cognition such as: thinking, planning, speech, decision making, pre frontal cortex controls all of bodily movements. Frontal lobes: responsible for higher (complex) mental processes and decision making. Parietal lobes: contain the somatosensory cortex: area of the neurons running down the front of the parietal lobes; responsible for processing information from the skin and internal body receptors for touch, temperature, and body position. Contain: primary auditory correct: processes auditory information from the ears, auditory association cortex: interprets or makes sense of auditory information, some parts also responsible for language. Contain: primary visual cortex: processes visual information from the eyes, visual association cortex: interprets or makes sense of visual information.
