Functional regions of the cerebral cortex

Further processing of information from a single sensory modality [Pg.52]

Highest level of processing, integration, and interpretation of diverse sensory input for planning purposeful action [Pg.52]

Neuronal programming of movements according to cortical and subcortical input [Pg.52]

Transmission of impulses to somatic efferent motor neurons in spinal cord to initiate voluntary contraction of skeletal muscle [Pg.52]

These ascending sensory pathways cross from one side of the CNS to the other so that sensory input from the left side of the body is transmitted to the somatosensory cortex of the right cerebral hemisphere and visa versa. Therefore, damage to this region of cortex in a given hemisphere results in [Pg.52]

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