Lobes

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Function

Occipital Lobe Vision

Parietal Lobe Somatosensory information (kinesthesis and body awareness)

Frontal Lobe Higher order functions, planning, thinking, worrying

Temporal Lobe Speech center/ Auditory processing center

Central Fissure Divides, or separates, the somatosensory strip and the motor strip

Somatosensory Strip(or post-central gyrus) Receives info. from the skin

Motor Strip(or pre-central gyrus) Motor controls

		Function
	Occipital Lobe	Vision
	Parietal Lobe	Somatosensory information (kinesthesis and body awareness)
	Frontal Lobe	Higher order functions, planning, thinking, worrying
	Temporal Lobe	Speech center/ Auditory processing center
	Central Fissure	Divides, or separates, the somatosensory strip and the motor strip
	Somatosensory Strip(or post-central gyrus)	Receives info. from the skin
	Motor Strip(or pre-central gyrus)	Motor controls