Forebrain structures

Fore brain structures

Cerebral cortex, Corpus callosum and Limbic System

Cerebral cortex structures

frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe

Frontal lobe parts

prefrontal cortex, broca’s area, motor cortex`

Prefrontal cortex

higher level cognitive function, personality center

broca’s area

located in left hemisphere, language production

Motor cortex

planning and coordinating movement

parietal lobe

Perception and the somatosensory cortex

somatosensory cortex

processes sensory info from the body

Occipital lobe

primary visual cortex

Primary visual cortex

processes and interprets visual info

Temporal lobe structures

Auditory cortex and wernickes area

Auditory cortex

processes auditory information

Wernicke’s area

speech comprehension

Corpus callosum

consists of axons, connects the left and right hemispheres

structures in the limbic system

Thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus and amygdala

Thalamus

sensory relay station for the brain

hypothalamus

regulates homeostatic processes

Hippocampus

learning and memory

Amygdala

Emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories, processing fear