Brain Regions & Functions

Frontal Lobe

Responsible for thinking, emotions, planning, decision-making, speech, and memory.

Primary Motor Cortex

Controls voluntary movements.

Temporal Lobe

Processes hearing and speech.

Parietal Lobe

Processes touch, pressure, temperature, and movement.

Occipital Lobe

Processes visual information.

Primary Visual Cortex

Processes what you see.

Primary Auditory Cortex

Processes sound.

Wernicke’s Area

Responsible for speech comprehension.

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Processes body sensations.

Hippocampus

Stores memory and converts short-term to long-term memory.

Amygdala

Controls fear, anxiety, aggression, and sexual behavior.

Thalamus

Relays sensory/motor signals and regulates alertness.

Hypothalamus

Regulates temperature, hunger, thirst, mood, and hormone release.

Broca’s Area

Controls speech production.

Cerebellum

Controls coordination, balance, and movement.

Corpus Callosum

Connects the left and right brain hemispheres.

Brain Stem

Controls survival functions like heartbeat, blood pressure, and breathing.

part of brain location

Brain lobe location

Cerebral cortex

is the outer layer of your brain's surface, located on top of the cerebrum. The cerebral cortex carries out essential functions of your brain, like memory, thinking, learning, reasoning, problem-solving, emotions, consciousness, and sensory functions.