Outline the major areas of the cerebral cortex and the specialized cognitive functions

      

Outline the major areas of the cerebral cortex and the specialized cognitive functions

  

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Monica
Ø The frontal lobe is the anterior portion located immediately behind your forehead, running back the middle of the top of your head. The posterior area of the frontal lobe is the motor cortex. It plays an important role in carrying out voluntary movements
Ø Areas in the anterior region of the frontal lobe (Prefrontal cortex) are important in higher aspects of motor control such as planning and executing complex behaviors.
Ø The frontal lobe also includes Broca’s area and important area related to the physical production of speech
· Behind the frontal lobe lies the parietal lobe centered more or less under the crown of the skull.
Ø In the anterior portion of the parietal lobe resides the somatosensory cortex which controls the experience of bodily sensations such as touch temperature and pain.
Ø In terms of cognitive processing the parietal lobe houses areas important in regulating among others the process of attention and working memory
· Beneath the parietal lobe is the posterior portion of the cortex is the occipital lobe which contains the primary visual cortex and the ability to recognize visual patterns ( eyes in the back of the head)
· Finally the temporal lobe is appropriately located behind the ears.
Ø It contains the auditory cortex the brain's primary sensory area for an audition.
Ø It also includes Wernicke's area which is involved in speech comprehension

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