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What does the frontal lobe do? (Front of the brain)

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Motor processing, higher thought processing such as abstract reasoning.

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The cerebral cortex is divided up into 4 lives what are they?

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Frontal, parietal, temporal & occipital.

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What does the parietal lobe do? (Behind the frontal lobe)

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Processes of sensations from the skin and muscles of the body

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What does the occipital lobe do? (At the back of the brain)

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Mainly responsible for processing visual info, sometimes called the visual cortex.

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What does the temporal lobe do? (At the bottom of the brain, below the frontal lobe)

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Mainly involved in processing auditory info, sometimes called the auditory cortex

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Where is the Broca’s area located? (Speech)

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Inside the frontal lobe

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Where is the angular gurus (hearing) located?

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In the occipital lobe

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Where is the primary visual area? (Sight)

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In the occipital lobe

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Where is the wernicke’s area? (Speech recognition)

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In the temporal lobe

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Where is the primary auditory area?

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In the temporal lobe

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Where is the primary motor cortex? (Movement)

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At the back of the frontal lobe

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Where is the primary sensory cortex? (Somatosensory)

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In the front of the parietal lobe

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What is the Broca’s area responsible for?

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Function of speech

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What is the wernicke’s area responsible for?

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Speech recognition