The lobes & Hemispheres of the Brain

Occipital Lobe

Visual

information

processing

part of the brain that processes vision. It helps you see and understand shapes, colors, and movement.

Temporal Lobe

Auditory and linguistic processing

part of the brain that helps with hearing, understanding language, and remembering things. It allows you to recognize sounds, voices, and memories

 Parietal Lobe

• Somatosensory cortex: Responsible 4 skin

• Process and organize information

  helps with touch, pain, temperature, and spatial awareness. It allows you to feel sensations and know where your body is in space

Frontal lobe

helps with thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, and controlling movement. It also plays a big role in personality and emotions

Broca’s area (located on the left frontal)

Spoken language

Wernicke’s area (located on the left temporal)

Comprehension of language

Damage to Broca or Wernicke’s area can lead to (Anastasia)

aphasia

Hemispheres of the Brain

corpus callosum (Nebraska & Iowa)

Band of fibers that connect left hemisphere and right hemisphere

Brain lateralization

how the two halves of the brain (left and right) have different jobs. The left side controls things like language and logic, while the right side controls creativity, imagination, and spatial awareness.

Left

Right Body                          

Language          

Logic                                           

Concrete                                 

Rational

Right

Left body

visual

spatial

Imaginative

emotional

pattern & facial recognition

creative