Localisation of function in the brain

• Different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities.


  Localisation of function
• Frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement.


  Motor area
• Parietal lobe, processes sensory information such as touch.


  Somatosensory area
• Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual information.


  Visual area
• Temporal lobe, analyses speech based information.


  Auditory area
• Frontal lobe, left hemisphere - responsible for speech production.


  Brocas area
• Temporal lobe, left hemisphere - responsible for language comprehension.


  Wernickes area