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"Critically evaluate the role of neural structures in subserving psychological functions"
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University of Lincoln "Critically evaluate the role of neural structures in subserving psychological functions" Cognitive Neuroscience Papadopoulos Sotirios Level III Tutor : Dimopoulou Despoina INTRODUCTION The formation of the top of the brain includes the left and right cerebral hemispheres that are covered by a thin cortex, the cerebral cortex. This cortex is the surface of the brain and it is comprised by four lobes in each hemisphere, frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobe. Research on the brain has concluded that each area of the cortex controls a number of functions. The parts of the cortex that receive information from the body or the environment are located in the back of the brain. The middle area of the brain relates to the movement of our body and the areas known as association areas control language, thinking and memory (Carroll, 1999, Yule, 1996). The part of the spinal cord that continues...
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