cerbal cortex and neocortex

• A 3mm layer on the surface of the brain(covers the two hemispheres of the brain
• Mostly made of cell bodies and glials
• he neocortex has four lobes (occipital,parietal, temporal, frontal)15
• the grooves on the cortex are called sulciThe bulges are called gyri
• OCCIPITAL LOBEInvolved with vision, particularly shape, colour ormotion
• PARIETAL LOBETakes information from thevisual cortex, and generatesspatial representations for motor control and action planning
• Also implicated in working memory and attention19
• the temporal lobe has 3 areas

  for the creation of new memories
• The fusiform gyrus deals with face recognition and written word recognition
• Sensory information from the ears is processed in the auditorycortex
• Wernicke’s area is associated with language comprehension
• the frontal lobe is important for inhibiting impulses and involved in planning working memory decision making and regulating emotions
• The frontal lobes are greatly enlarged in humanscompared to other primate