The brain controls what you think and feel, how you learn and remember, and the way you move and talk. But it also controls things you're less aware of — like the beating of your heart and the digestion of your food.

What is the Brain?

The Brain has many parts and functions. We will go over seven major parts

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​What are the parts of the Brain?

The largest lobe of the brain, located in the front of the head, the frontal lobe is involved in personality characteristics, decision-making and movement. Recognition of smell usually involves parts of the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe contains Broca’s area, which is associated with speech ability.

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The Frontal Lobe

The middle part of the brain, the parietal lobe helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one’s body is compared with objects around the person). The parietal lobe is also involved in interpreting pain and touch in the body. The parietal lobe houses Wernicke’s area, which helps the brain understand spoken language.

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​The Parietal Lobe

The Occipital Lobe is the portion of the brain that deals with vision, and is located in that back of the brain.

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The Occipital Lobe

The sides of the brain, temporal lobes are involved in short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm and some degree of smell recognition.

Temporal Lobe

The Motor Cortex part of the brain is involved in planning and controlling voluntary motor movements. The motor cortex sends signals to the muscles in the body in order to generate and control movements

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The Motor Cortex

The portion of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem. The cerebellum controls balance for walking and standing, and other complex motor functions.

​Cerebellum

The sensory cortex includes portions of the cerebral cortex, that wrinkly outer layer of the brain that process and make sense out of information gathered by our five senses: vision, audition (sound), olfaction (smell), gustation (taste), and somatosensation (touch).

​Sensory Cortex