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What area is concerned with speech

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Broca’s area

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What area is concerned with reasoning planning and problem solving

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Prefrontal cortex

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What area is concerned with emotion and evaluation

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Orbitofrontal Cortex

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What is the function of the parietal lobe?

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Primarily involved with the somatosensory sense (touch) and includes poly sensory perception processes and representation

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What area is concerned with movement

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premotor cortex (coordinates voluntary movement); cerebellum (involuntary movement)

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What is the function of the temporal lobe?

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Involved in perception and recognition of auditory stimuli and episodic memory (hippocampus).

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What is the function of the occipital lobe?

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Concerned with many aspects of vision