Association Areas

OCR A-level BiologyNeuronal CommunicationLesson 31 of 38

sensory area - receives information from receptor cells. the size of the area representing the part of the body in proportion to the number of receptors in that area.
primary motor cortex - impulses are sent to the skeletal muscles via motor neurones
occipital lobe - input from the right eye pass to the left visual cortex in the left hemisphere. Impulses from each side of the body cross over at the base of the brain. Inputs are integrated to judge distance and perspective.
frontal lobe - reasoning, decision making
temporal lobe - hearing, language, speech
parietal lobe - spatial awareness, touch

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