Areas of the Cortex

voluntary movement of skeletal muscles

• primary motor cortex

• premotor area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• Broca's Area

• Prefrontal Area

integrates sensory & motor information to perform actions

• primary motor cortex

• premotor area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• Broca's Area

• Prefrontal Area

Complex processing of visual information.

• visual cortex

• Wernicke's Area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• sensory association area

• visual association area

Processes multisensory information

• visual cortex

• Wernicke's Area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• sensory association area

• visual association area

Receives auditory information (pitch, tone, sound quality, loudness)

• olfactory cortex

• Auditory association area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• Auditory cortex

• Prefrontal Area

"M"

• Visual association area

• Visual cortex

• Auditory association area

• Gustatory Cortex

• Wernicke's Area

"D"

• primary motor cortex

• premotor area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• sensory association area

• Broca's Area

"C"

• primary motor cortex

• premotor area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• sensory association area

• Broca's Area

language and speech formation

• olfactory cortex

• Auditory association area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• Broca's Area

• Prefrontal Area

problem solving, decision making, complex thoughts, and personality

• olfactory cortex

• Auditory association area

• primary somatosensory cortex

• Broca's Area

• Prefrontal Area