Localisation of function

• What does localization of function refer to?

  Specific functions are located in specific brain areas
• What is Broca's area responsible for?

  Production of speech
• Where is Broca's area located?

  Frontal lobe
• What does the motor cortex control?

  Voluntary movement
• Where is the visual cortex located?

  Occipital lobe
• What is the function of the visual cortex?

  Processes information from our eyes
• What does the somatosensory cortex process?

  Sensory information about touch, pain, temperature
• Where is the auditory cortex located?

  Temporal lobe
• What does the auditory cortex process?

  Information from our ears
• What is Wernicke's area responsible for?

  Understanding of language
• Where is Wernicke's area located?

  Temporal lobe
• What is the focus of Broca's research?

  Patients with speech deficits
• What type of aphasia is associated with Broca's patients?

  Broca's aphasia
• What did Wernicke study in his research?

  Patients who could speak but not understand
• What type of aphasia is associated with Wernicke's patients?

  Wernicke's aphasia
• What area of the brain did Broca find was damaged in his patients?

  Left frontal lobe
• What area of the brain did Wernicke find was damaged in his patients?

  Temporal lobe
• What are the key findings of Broca's and Wernicke's studies on language localization?

  • Broca's study: Damage in left frontal lobe leads to Broca's aphasia (speech deficits).
  • Wernicke's study: Damage in temporal lobe leads to Wernicke's aphasia (understanding deficits).