Areas of the Brain

Frontal Lobe:

The frontal lobe  is the largest part of the brain, and contains a region known as  the Boca’s Area . Boca’s Area control’s personality and speech of the brain .

It also includes a part called the pre frontal cortex. The pre frontal cortex play’s an important role in “higher” brain functions. It’s a critical part of the executive system, which refers to planning and reasoning , and judgment . It is also involved in personal and emotional feelings by contributing to the assessment and control of the appropriate social behaviors.

The  cerebral cortex , and many other’s like orbito frontal cortex, motor and pre motor cortexes are all involved in voluntary movements, decision making and language . The  cerebral  cortex is one of the largest of the brain structures. They are the main site of  so called “higher” cognitive functions .

Temporal Lobe:

 The Temporal lobe contains half of the Wernickes Area  and the other half is on the Parietal Lobe . It gives us the ability to understand language.

The temporal lobe includes a large number of substructures , whose functions are perception , face  recognition, object recognition, memory acquisition, understanding language and emotional reactions.

Damage to the temporal lobe can result to having difficulties neurologically which is called agnosias , which is referred to as the inability to recognize specific  categories (body parts, colors, faces, music, and smells.)

Occipital lobe:

The occipital lobe is at the very back of the human head , and it controls vision. The occipital cortex is the primary visual area of the brain.

The  two important pathway’s of information is the Dorsal and Ventral streams .The Dorsal stream process where objects are located and the Ventral stream projects to structures in the Temporal lobe and processes what objects are.

Parietal lobe :

The Parietal lobe shares part of the Wernickes area as I have said in the above paragraph. There is a parietal cortex that play’s a major role, integrating information from different senses to build a coherent picture of the world. It integrates information from the ventral visual pathways which process what things are .

Cerebellum:

The Cerebellum monitors and regulates motor behavior, particularly automatic movements. Some recent studies have associated the cerebellum with cognitive functions, such as learning and attention. Although the cerebellum accounts for roughly 10% of the total brain weight, it contains more neurons than the rest of the brain combined.

Brain stem:

The brain stem consists of a group of structures that lie deep within the brain, including Pons, medulla oblongata and the midbrain. It plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis by controlling automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.