The Brain

Frontal Lobe Contains: Prefrontal Cortex, Premotor area, & Motor area.

The BrainFrontal Lobe Contains: Prefrontal Cortex

Complex thinking, reasoning, emotions and personality. Called the “Gatekeeper.” (Deals with judgement.) Without it we would not have emotions or feelings.

Think hard….it’s complex

The Brain

Frontal Lobe Contains:

Premotor & Motor Area: Movement of the voluntary muscles.

The BrainThe Temporal Lobe

Where are your temples?

Hearing (near ears), meaning of words and vision. Temporal lobe contains the hippocampus (long term memory.)

The BrainWernicke’s area is in the Temporal lobe. (Left side)

Broca’s area is in the Frontal lobe. (Left side)

The Brain

What are the (4) lobes of the brain? Start from the back of the head and move forward. Color in the lobes on your handout.

The Brain

The BrainSensory Cortex/Somatosensory Strip (Part of the Parietal Lobe. Remember, parents can always sense when something is wrong.)

Umbrella term: Any part of the brain that receives messages from a sense organ (like the eyes, nose, tongue, or ears) or messages of touch and temperature from anywhere in the body.