BCIA: Anatomy Section V

Anatomy, electrophysiology and the brain

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Front Back
Truine Brain
3 parts of Brain
1. Brain Stem/cerebellum (survival, reptile)
2. Limbic (emotional, mammalian)
3. Cortex (thinking)
NeocortexNeocortex
the brain of mammals. It is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres, and made up of six layers
Neocortex responsible for?
Executive fuctioning
cognition and metacognition
determines personality, goals and decisions
Neocortex guides what ?
Reasoning, concrete and abstract thought, inductive/deductive reasoning, cause-effect, delaying reactions, planning, goals
Neocortex controls what?
Cognive meory facts, figures, faces, names, dates
6 layers of cortex

molecular
external granular layer
medium pyramidal neurons
internal granular layer
pyramidal neurons
large pyramidal neurons
molecular
external granular layer
medium pyramidal neurons
internal granular layer
pyramidal neurons
large pyramidal neurons
Most of EEG is from what layer
Diple layer
neurons must resonate at leas 6 cm together for signal
What creates the EEG
Waxing and wanning of +,- charges from layers 2 and 3 of the cortex coming together
Long distance global Axons create brain waves____,____?
Delta, theta

Short distance Axons create brain waves_____,____?
Beta, gamma
Distance Axons that travel regional create brain waves____,____?
Alpha, beta
4 brain lobes
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
3 primary network systems of Frontal Lobes
1. orbital frontal-process socio-emotional
2. anterior cingulate- attentional
3. dorsolateral network-memory
Right Frontal Lobe controls_____,_____,_____
Emotion
expression of language
prosody

Parietal Lobe responsible for ?
Math, grammer, association between self, envronment and others, sensorimotor perception, intergration visual