Lobes of the Cerebrum
Lobe Function
Frontal ● Voluntary movement (primary motor
cortex/precentral gyrus)
● Intellect
● Orientation
● Broca’s area (located in Left
hemisphere): speech, concentration
● Personality
● Temper
● Reason
● Judgment
● Reasoning
● Behavior
● Self-awareness
● Executive Functioning
Parietal ● Associated with sensation of touch,
kinesthesia, perception of vibration,
and temperature
● Receives information from other
parts of the brain regarding hearing,
vision, motor, sensory, and memory
● Provides meaning for objects
● Interprets language and words
● Spatial and visual perception
Temporal ● Primary auditory processing and
olfaction
● Wernicke's area (typically located in
Left hemisphere): ability to
understand and produce meaning
speech, verbal and general memory,
assists with understanding language
● The rear of the temporal lobe
interprets other people’s emotions
and reactions
Occipital ● Main processing center for visual
information
● Processes visual information
regarding colors, light, and shapes
● Judgment of distance, seeing in
three dimensions
Impairment
● Contralateral weakness
● Inattention
● Personality changes
● Antisocial behavior
● Impaired concentration
● Apathy
● Broca’s aphasia
(expressive)
● Delayed or poor initiation
● Emotional lability
● Left hemisphere: agraphia,
alexia, agnosia
● Right hemisphere: apraxia,
anosognosia
● Contralateral sensory
deficits
● Impaired language
comprehension
● Impaired taste
● Learning deficits
● Wernicke’s aphasia
(receptive deficits)
● Antisocial, aggressive
behaviors
● Difficulty with facial
recognition
● Difficulty with memory,
memory level
● Inability to categorize
objects
● Homonymous hemianopsia
● Impaired extraocular
muscle movement deficits
● Impaired color recognition
● Reading and writing
impairment
● Cortical blindness with
bilateral lobes
 Hemisphere Dominance

Left Right
● Sequence and perform movements ● Nonverbal processing
● Understand Language ● Process information in a holistic manner
● Produce written and spoken language ● Artistic abilities
● Analytical ● General concept comprehension
● Controlled ● Hand-eye coordination
● Logical ● Kinesthetic awareness
● Rational ● Understand music
● Mathematical calculations ● Understand non-verbal communication
● Express positive emotions ● Mathematical reasoning
● Process verbal information in an ● Express negative emotions
organized, logical, and sequential ● Body image awareness
manner

Damage to Brain

Vestibular system
● Dizziness and vertigo
● Difficulty with balance and coordination
● Nausea and vomiting
● Headache
● Motion Sickness

Brainstem
● Fatigue
● Difficulty sleeping
● Increased sleepiness
● Seizures
● Migration

Cerebellum
● Postural instability
● Incoordination, tremor

Cranial Nerves
● Double or blurred vision
● Sensitivity to light or sound
● Slurred speech
● Glassy eyed stare

Headaches
● Loss of visual acuity and necessity to focus gaze
● Discrepancy between vestibular and visual systems between the left and right sides
● Musculoskeletal dysfunction C0-C3