Cerebral hemispheres (cerebrum) Diencephalon Brain stem Cerebellum
Paired (left and right) superior parts of the brain Includes more than half of the brain mass The surface is made of ridges (gyri) and grooves (sulci)
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Occipital lobe Temporal lobe
Primary motor area Impulses to skeletal muscles Broca’s area – speech – sentence forming
Reasoning Planning Emotions Problem solving Premotor area
Creativity Art Music Ideas (eureka)
Primary sensory (somatic) area Receives impulses from the body’s sensory receptors
Primary sensory (somatic) area Receives impulses from the body’s sensory receptors
Orientation Recognition Perception of stimuli
Visual processing
Wernicke’s Area (understanding language) Speech Hearing Smell
Hearing Smell