Brain Function

• Motor area?


  Motor cortex. sends signals to the muscles for movement
• Auditory area?

  Auditory cortex processes volume pitch and speed. Auditory information form the left auditory field is processed by the right hemisphere. vice versa
• Somatosensory ?


  somatosensory cortex- (paritiel lobe) sensory information from the skin to produce sensations
• Visual area?


  Visual cortex. (occipital lobe) visual info from left hand visual field processed by the right hemisphere. vice versa
• Kuhn et al?

  Playing games for 30 minutes in a 2 month period lead to increased volumes of grey matter in various areas of the brain