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The document summarizes key parts of the brain and their functions. It discusses the cerebrum, corpus callosum, frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and insular lobe. It also mentions the left and right hemispheres and their associations with analytical vs creative thinking. Additionally, it outlines the auditory cortex, visual cortex, somatosensory cortex, and motor cortex.

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The document summarizes key parts of the brain and their functions. It discusses the cerebrum, corpus callosum, frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and insular lobe. It also mentions the left and right hemispheres and their associations with analytical vs creative thinking. Additionally, it outlines the auditory cortex, visual cortex, somatosensory cortex, and motor cortex.

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LESSON 4

THE BRAIN 1

Docente: Mag. Carolina E. Zapana Rosado


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• Cerebrum: The largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres, or halves, called
the cerebral hemispheres. Areas within the cerebrum control muscle functions and also control
speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.
• Corpus Callosum: (cuerpo calloso) The two hemispheres in your brain are connected by a
thick bundle(manojo) of nerve fibres called the corpus callosum that ensures both sides of the
brain can communicate and send signals to each other.
• Left brain : The theory is that people are either left-brained or right-brained, meaning that
one side of their brain is dominant. If you're mostly analytical and methodical in your
thinking, you're said to be left-brained. The left-hand side of the human brain, which is
believed to be associated with linear and analytical thought
• Right brain :If you tend to be more creative or artistic, you're thought to be right-brained.
A person who is "right-brained" is said to be more intuitive, thoughtful, and subjective. In
psychology, the theory is based on the lateralization of brain function.
• Frontal lobe: (lóbulo frontal) The frontal lobes are important for voluntary movement,
expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions. Executive functions
refer to a collection of cognitive skills including the capacity to plan, organize, initiate, self-
monitor and control one's responses in order to achieve a goal.

Occipital lobe (lóbulo occipital: The occipital lobe is the part of the human brain
responsible for interpreting information from the eyes and turning it into the world as a
person sees it. The occipital lobe has four different sections, each of which is responsible for
different visual functions.
• Parietal lobe: The parietal lobe is one of the major lobes in the brain, roughly located
at the upper back area in the skull (craneo) It processes sensory information it receives
from the outside world, mainly relating to touch, taste, and temperature. Damage to the
parietal lobe may lead to dysfunction in the senses

Temporal lobe The temporal lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex.
It is the lower lobe of the cortex, sitting close to ear level within the skull. The temporal
lobe is largely responsible for creating and preserving both conscious and long-term
memory.
• Insular lobe: Sometimes called the insula, insulary lobe, or insulary cortex, this brain region
remains something of a mystery. Its location deep within the brain makes it difficult to explore, and
until recent decades, doctors had little understanding of its purpose. mains to be understood about
this vital brain structure.

Auditory cortex: the sensory area for hearing, located on the upper side of the temporal lobe of the
cerebral cortex. It receives and processes sound input from the medial geniculate nucleus in the
thalamus, a major structure along the auditory pathway.
Visual cortex: In humans this occupies a small region on the lateral surface of the occipital
pole of the brain, but most is buried in the banks of the calcarine fissure on the medial surface of
the brain. The visual cortex receives input directly from the lateral geniculate nucleus via the 
optic tract and sends output to the multiple visual areas that make up the 
visual association cortex.
Sematosensory cortex: The somatosensory cortex is a region of the brain which is
responsible for receiving and processing sensory information from across the body, such as
touch, temperature, and pain. This cortex is located within the which is located in the postcentral
gyrus of the parietal lobe, and lies behind the primary motor cortex of the frontal lobe.
Motor cortex

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