Central Nervous System Brain Lobe Functions
Frontal Lobe Primary motor area. Broca’s speech center. Eye field, access to current sensory data. Access to past info. Affective response. Behavior. Judgment. Ability to develop long-term goals and to weigh pros and cons.
Parietal Lobe Understand sensation, texture, size, shape, and spatial relations. Playing musical instruments. Processing nonverbal visual experiences. Perception of body parts and body position awareness. Taste impulses for interpretation.
Temporal Lobe Auditory center for sound interpretation. Complicated memory patterns. Wernicke’s area for speech.
Occipital Lobe Primary visual center.
Limbic Lobe Emotional and visceral patterns connected with survival. Learning and memory.