Parts of the Brain

Question 1

Parts of the brain

Answer 1

Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe

Question 2

Frontal lobe

Answer 2

Area at the front of the brain
- Decision making/logical skills
- Impulse control
- High order thinking

Question 3

Parietal lobe

Answer 3

Area at top of brain
- Somatic sensory information
- Facial recognition
- Somatosensory cortex (sense of touch)

Question 4

Temporal lobe

Answer 4

Area on the side of the brain
- Understanding and producing language
- Producing and processing sound-based information
- Auditory cortex (controls hearing)

Question 5

Occipital lobe

Answer 5

Area at the back of the brain
- All things related to processing visual information
- Process, make sense of visual information from eyes
- Ability to see

Question 6

Cerebellum

Answer 6

Area near brainstem
- Motor skills (movement, coordination, balance)

Takes information from:
- senses
- spinal cord
- other parts of brain
Combines to coordinate behaviour