PSYC 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.2: Frontal Lobe, Mirror Neuron, Critical Role
3 Jun 2016
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Planning and initiating movements: role of the motor association cortex. The supplementary motor area and the premotor cortex are involved in the planning of movements and they execute these plans through their connections with the primary motor cortex. The supplementary motor area and the premotor cortex receive information from association areas of the parietal and temporal cortex. We can recall that the visual association cortex is organized in two streams: the ventral stream terminates in the inferior temporal cortex and is involved in perceiving and recognizing objects. Thus, the regions of the frontal cortex that are involved in planning movements receive the information they need about what is happening and where it is happening from the temporal and parietal lobes. Information from the parietal lobe, i. e. spatial information, is esp. important in controlling both locomotion and arm and hand movements. In general, the supplementary motor cortex is involved in learning and performing behaviours that consist of sequences of movements.
