Brain Area |
Major Function |
Cortex or Neocortex |
Perception, Action, and Cognition |
Frontal Lobe |
Intentional Action and Executive Functions |
Parietal Lobe |
Touch, Taste, Spatial Processing, Attention |
Temporal Lobe |
Hearing, Language, Memory, Object Recognition |
Occipital Lobe |
Visual Processing |
Limbic System |
Emotion and Motivation |
Amygdala |
Emotional Reactions |
Cingulate Gyrus |
Emotion, Attention and Cognitive Functions |
Hypothalamus |
Coordination Mental & Physiological Processes |
Hippocampus |
Memory |
Basal Ganglia
(Globus Pallidus, Putamen, Caudate Nucleus) |
Automatic Behavioral Sequences |
Brain Stem (Pons, Medula Oblongata) |
Basic Physiological Processes: Digestion, Respiration, Cardiac Function |
Cerebellum |
Motor Coordination and Balance |