WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THE BRAIN
-----THE SOURCE OF ALL
ABILITY AND DISABILITY----
HERE ARE THE FUNCTIONS THAT ORIGINATE
IN THE ABOVE AREAS
PREFROTAL CORTEX – EMOTION, PROBLEM SOLVING
MOTOR ASSOCIATION CORTEX – COMPLEX MOVEMENT
COORDINATION
PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX – INITIATION OF VOLUNTARY
MOVEMENT
PRIMARY SOMAROSENSORY CORTEX – TACTILE
INFORMATION FROM THE BODY
SENSORY ASSOCIATION AREA – PROCESSING
MULTI-SENSORY INFORMATION
VISUAL ASSOCIATION CORTEX – COMPLEX PROCESSING
OF VISUAL INFORMATION
VISUAL CORTEX – DETECTION OF SIMPLE VISUAL
STIMULI
WERNICKE’S AREA – LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
AUDITORY ASSOCIATION AREA – COMPLEX PROCESSING
OF AUDITORY INFORMATION
AUDITORY CORTEX – DETECTION OF SOUND QUALITY
(LOUDNESS, TONE)
SPEECH CENTER (BROCA’S AREA) – SPEECH
PRODUCTION AND ARTICULATION
THE ABOVE IS JUST A GLIMPSE INTO A FASCINATING
WORLD THAT CAN OPEN UP TO YOU AT THE FINE INTERNET SITE AT
http://faculty.washington .edu
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MENTAL RETARDATION
Mental Retardation is defined as a below-average
intellectual function with associated inability to adapt to normal behaviour
that occurs below the age of 18. Abence or delay of the developmental milestones
are indicators. How readily obvious these indicators are would depend on
the degree of retardation.
Causes of retardation are broadly : Prenatal
or Postnatal Trauma; Infections; Chromosome abnormalities; Genetic abnormalities;
Metabolic; Toxic; Nutritional; Environmental (Poverty); and Miscellaneous
causes.
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