neocortex

• Outer surface of the forebrain-cerebrum

  Makes up most of the cerebral cortex
• Cerebral cortex


  Responsible for all conscious thoughts, feeling and actions
• Cerebral cortex


  • Spilt into two hemispheres by the longitudinal tissue
  • Contains sensory areas
  • Contains motor areas
  • Contains association areas
• Hemispheres


  Show contralateral function
• Left hemisphere


  Receives input from and controls movement of the right side of the body
• Right hemisphere


  Receives input from and controls movement of the left side of the body
• Both hemispheres are involved in all functions
• They show specialisation or greater control to various functions
• Corpus callosum


  Connects the right and left hemisphere
• Functions of left hemisphere

  • Verbal: recognition of words; reading, writing, speaking
  • Analytical: breaking down tasks into steps, developing arguments, planning
• Functions of right hemisphere

  • Spatial/visual thinking: jigsaws or reading a map
  • Appreciating music/art
  • Creative thinking