4.3

• cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres, the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere
• the left hemisphere is dominant for verbal and analytical functions
• the left hemisphere receives sensory information from and sends motor messages to the right side of the body
• the right hemisphere is dominant for non-verbal functions and spatial skills.
• the right hemisphere receives sensory information from and sends motor messages to the left side of the body
• the corpus callous physically connects the hemispheres, allowing information registered in one hemisphere to be transferred two the opposite hemisphere for processing
• the cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the hemispheres
• the cerebral cortex is divided into four lobes each with specialised functions
• the frontal lobe is the largest lobe, responsible for out most advanced cognitive and executive skills and many aspects of personality and emotional behaviour, and it controls voluntary movement
• the parietal lobe registers and processes bodily sensations
• the temporal lobe registers and processes auditory information and contributes to memory
• the occipital lobe registers and processes visual information