BRODMANN’S AREAS

BA #22 Wernicke’s area

Language comprehension (left)

BA #3,1,12 Post-central gyrus, primary sensory cortex

Processing sensory information from the body

BA #4 Pre-central gyrus,
primary motor cortex

Motor control of the body (movement)

BA #44,45 Broca’s area

language production, syntax (left)

BA #41, 42 Primary auditory

cortex, Heschl’s gyrus

Processing auditory stimuli

BA #5, 7 Posterior parietal cortex

Sensory association area (body moving in space, location of objects moving in space)

BA #9, 10 Prefrontal cortex

Working memory, executive function

BA #39 Angular gyrus

Interpreting written information (left), number processing (Left), spatial cognition

BA #40 Supramarginal gyrus

A somatosensory association area
involved in language (phonological
processing and written language),
and empathy/emotions