4 lobes and their functions

Question 1

prefrontal cortex

Answer 1

decision making + planning
(frontal)

Question 2

premotor cortex

Answer 2

plan, organize, coordinate movement
(frontal)

Question 3

primary motor cortex

Answer 3

initiates voluntary movements (starts signal)
(frontal)

Question 4

broca’s area

Answer 4

language production - making actual sound
(frontal)

Question 5

somatosensory cortex

Answer 5

processing touch (temp + pain)
(parietal)

Question 6

left/right parietal cortices

Answer 6

making sense of the world around you
(parietal)

Question 7

gustatory cortex

Answer 7

processing taste (primary taste area)
(parietal)

Question 8

primary auditory cortex

Answer 8

processes auditory info from ears
(temporal)

Question 9

face recognition

Answer 9

identifying identity (face/object)
(temporal)

Question 10

olfactory center

Answer 10

processing and perception of odor
(temporal)

Question 11

wernicke’s area

Answer 11

speech production, language composition/recognition
(constructing comprehensible sentences)
(temporal)

Question 12

primary visual cortex

Answer 12

making of images
(occipital)

Question 13

visual association area

Answer 13

where the images get meaning
(occipital)