the cerebral cortex

occipital lobe

receives and processes visual information from the eyes

temporal lobe

receives and processes auditory information from the ears

parietal lobe

receives and processes sensory information from the skin and body senses

frontal lobe

controls muscle movement and production of speech; is involved in making plans and judgement

motor cortex

controls voluntary muscle movements on the opposite side of the body (that is, the right hempispere's motor cortex controls movement on the left side of the body)

somatosensory cortex

processes sensations from the skin nd internal organs on the opposite side of the body (that is, the right hemisphere's sensory cortex processes skin/organ information from the body's left side)

auditory cortex

processes information from the ears, primarily from the opposite side of the body (that is, the right hemisphere's auditory cortex processes sounds entering the left ear)

visual cortex

processes information from the eyes coming from the opposite visual field (that is, the right hemisphere's visual cortex processes information from the left visual field)

broca's area

generates spoken and written language and controls mouth muscles by way of the motor cortex

wernicke's area

processes the information from speech or writing and comprehends its meaning

angular gyrus

is involved in reading (turns written words into an auditory code to be interpreted by Wernicke's area)