Generalized seizures occur all over the brain and can affect the entire body. Symptoms of general seizures include: 1  convulsions. 2  twitching motions. 3  falling down. 4  loss of consciousness. 5  biting the tongue. 6  loss of bladder control. 7  stiffening of the body.
Though the hippocampus is an essential brain structure for the proper functioning of long-term memory, it cannot be regarded as the âmemory centreâ in the same sense that the occipital cortex, for example, can be regarded as the centre for processing visual information.
Key Points. 1  The cerebral cortex, the largest part of the brain, is the ultimate control and information-processing center in the brain. 2  The cerebral cortex is responsible for many higher-order brain functions such as sensation, perception, memory, association, thought, and voluntary physical action.