Cerebral Cortex and Four Lobes

Question 1

What is the main function of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 1

Higher-order thinking processes.

Question 2

Broca’s area.

Answer 2

Responsible for moving the muscles of the mouth for the articulation of the sequence of words for fluent meaningful speech.

Question 3

Wernicke’s area.

Answer 3

Responsible for interpreting the meaning of human speech (language comprehension).