Localisation of brain function

• Raine et al studied brain abnormalities in murderers. The lambic system which involves the corpus collosum, amygdala and thalamus is involved with violent behaviour.

  Assumption 1
• The brain is divided into four lobes:

  The frontal lobe

  The parietal lobe

  The temporal lobe

  The occipital lobe
• The occipital lobe regulates vision
• The frontal lobe regulates personality
• Damage to any area of the brain can change behaviour.
• Phineas gauge
• Brocas area 


  Paul broca

  studied 8 patients with language problems, mainly language production

  found that damage to the left frontal lobe is linked with speech problems.

  examined brains after death
• carl wrenicke ?

  he did research into understanding speech

  damage to the left temporal lobe meant individuals could not understand speech

  this was called wrenickes area
• certain areas of the brain are responsible for different functions
• the cerebral cortex is responsible for higher cognitive functioning
• cerebral cortex is split into 4 lobes
• an example of psychology where the localisation of brain function is used is carl wrenickes, paul broca, and Raines research
• frontal lobe 


  Creativity, thinking and personality
• Pareital lobe 


  sensory information such as temperature, touch and pain
• occipital lobe 


  visual information/ processing. the way in which we receive information through the eyes.
• temporal lobe 


  responsible for memory processing and auditory processing