NEUROLOGY 214E4

Course overview

*Locate cortical areas responsible for language and describe the relationship between the areas and describe pathways of cortical information processing. *Define the term "hemisphericity" in relation to hemisphere dominance and itemize various methods to determine hemisphere dominance for functions such as language, handedness, hearing, vision, etc. *Describe results of "split brain" experiments regarding cortical processing of faces and items in regard to distribution of visual information and speech. *Draw the relationships between the reception and expression categories in The Schema of Monrad Crone to illustrate the "inputs and outputs" of human interaction. *Identify the cortical pathways involved from hearing and understanding to formulating speech and speaking, and discuss the relevance of pathway location to other cortical systems. *Define common terms associated with cortical disorders including aphasia, agraphia and apraxia.