SLHS 539: 3/5 Brodmann Aras

Occipital Cortex: Two Visual Systems Theory

2 streams of processing visual information:

• “Where” Pathway (dorsal)

  • occipital-parietal

  • spatial locations

• “What” Pathway (ventral)

• occipital-temporal

• object recognition

Primary Auditory Area

• Brodmann Area

• Brain Location

• Function

• BA 41

• temporal lobe

• hearing

Auditory Association Area

• Brodmann Area

• Brain Locaiton

• BA 22

• temporal lobe (hearing), Wericke’s Area

Olfactory Areas

• Brodmann Area

• Brain Location

• Funciton

• BA 34

• deep in temporal lobe along medial surface

• smell (olfactory sense); uncus

Which of the following Brodmann areas correspond to the visual association areas?

BA 44 and 45

BA 17

BA 18 and 19

BA 1, 2, 3

BA 18 and 19

Which of the following Brodmann areas correspond to the premotor cotex?

BA 4

BA 6

BA 1, 2, 3

BA 10

BA 4