Parietal Lobes Function

primary somatosensory cortex

-In postcentral gyri of parietal lobe

-Receives general sensory information from skin, and proprioceptors of skeletal muscle, joints, and tendons

-Capable of spatial discrimination: identification of body region being stimulated

somatosensory association

-Posterior to primary somatosensory cortex

-Integrates sensory input from primary somatosensory cortex for understanding of object

-Determines size, texture, and relationship of parts of objects being felt