Brain function

Brain function

Frontal lobe:

  • Motor control (premotor cortex)
  • Problem solving (prefrontal area)
  • Speech production (Broca’s area)

Parietal lobe:

  • Touch perception (somatosensory cortex)
  • Body orientation + sensory discrimination

Temporal lobe:

  • Auditory processing (hearing)
  • Language comprehension (Wernicke’s area)
  • Memory and information retrieval

Occipital lobe:

  • Sight (visual cortex)
  • Visual reception
  • Visual interpretation

Cerebellum:

  • Balance
  • Coordination and control of voluntary muscles

Brain stem:

  • Breathing
  • Digestion
  • Heart control
  • Blood vessels control
  • Alertness

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