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Brain Lobes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frontal Lobe | Executive functions, decisions, thinking, mental problems |
| Prefrontal Association | Frontal - top-down processing of sensory and motor info |
| Premotor Cortex | Frontal - directs movements of body |
| Primary Motor Cortex | Frontal - executes voluntary movements |
| Parietal Lobe | Perception, senses, math |
| Primary Somatic Sensory Cortex | Parietal - Processes somatic (touch/pain) sensations |
| Sensory Association Area | Parietal - relate sensory info to past experiences |
| Occipital Lobe | Vision processing |
| Visual Association Area | Occipital - Processes visual info |
| Visual Cortex | Occipital - Detects simple visual stimuli |
| Temporal Lobe | Encoding memory and processing auditory info |
| Auditory Association Area | Temporal - Memory and classifications of sounds |
| Auditory Cortex | Temporal - Processes auditory info and languages |
| Olfactory Cortex | Temporal - Processes smell |
| Gustatory Cortex | Temporal/Frontal - Sensation of taste |