AO1

• Localisation of cortical function - the idea that different areas of the brain are responsible for different functions.
• Frontal lobe - motor area, controls voluntary movement
• Parietal lobe - somatosensory area, sensory information from touch, taste and smell
• Somatosensory area - located in the parietal lobe, receives sensory information from the skin and sends it to the brain.
• Temporal lobe - auditory area, responsible for hearing, memory, language, and comprehension.
• Occipital lobe - visual processing, visual cortex, visual pathway, visual information processing.
• parts of the human brain

  A) frontal lobe

  B) parietal lobe

  C) occipital lobe

  D) temporal lobe

  
• Wernicke's area - responsible for language comprehension and production located in the left temporal lobe.
• Broca's area - responsible for speech production, located in the left of the frontal lobe.