Functional Divisions of the Cerebral Cortex

Cortical Area	Function	Broca's Area Wernicke's Area Images courtesy of Slice of Life.
Prefrontal Cortex	Problem Solving, Emotion, Complex Thought
Motor Association Cortex	Coordination of complex movement
Primary Motor Cortex	Initiation of voluntary movement
Primary Somatosensory Cortex	Receives tactile information from the body
Sensory Association Area	Processing of multisensory information
Visual Association Area	Complex processing of visual information
Visual Cortex	Detection of simple visual stimuli
Wernicke's Area	Language comprehension
Auditory Association Area	Complex processing of auditory information
Auditory Cortex	Detection of sound quality (loudness, tone)
Speech Center (Broca's Area)	Speech production and articulation

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