The BBC has a website which (based on the title) I gather is to help students prepare for the GCSE. The "science" area has a section on "Brain and Memory" which, unfortunately, has several inaccuracies.
This figure appears on page 1. Some of the functions attributed to some brain areas are roughly correct--motor cortex is shown as more toward the front of the brain than sensory cortex, which is right, and vision is where it ought to be. But it's hard to tell what's what because the brain is simply drawn wrong (see below) so localization is hard to pinpoint (e.g., there's no central sulcus, which would separate motor and somatosensory areas).
Some functions--reading--are not localized in one spot. "Speech" is misleading--do they mean producing speech? Or language overall? Whatever, it's wrong.
Some functions--reading--are not localized in one spot. "Speech" is misleading--do they mean producing speech? Or language overall? Whatever, it's wrong.
Things don't improve on the next two pages, which cover some cognitive aspects of memory. I've annotated them.
This is not advanced material. This is stuff I teach in my Introduction to Cognition course.
Come on, BBC. The American election is hard enough on us. Don't add to our misery.
Come on, BBC. The American election is hard enough on us. Don't add to our misery.
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