Serial processing
info from a single sensation (proprio)
Parallel processing
different types of sensory info being processed at the same time (touch and position; vision takes form/color)
Parietal lobe area 1
movement (sensory)
Parietal lobe area 2
combines info from 1 and 3a (perception)
sends info to entire body of primary motor cortex (homonculus)
Parietal lobe area 3a/3b
individual receptor info
Agnosia
not able to identify things through touch or vision
Figure ground
see parts of visual field as solid (can’t distinguish from background)
Apraxia
inability to perform purposeful movements