| Brain Area | Major Function |
| Cortex or NeocortexFrontal LobeParietal LobeTemporal LobeOccipital Lobe | Perception, Action, and CognitionIntentional Action and Executive FunctionsTouch, Taste, Spatial Processing, AttentionHearing, Language, Memory, Object RecognitionVisual Processing |
| Limbic SystemAmygdalaCingulate GyrusHippocampus | Emotion and MotivationEmotional Reactions, Fear MemoryEmotion, Attention and Cognitive FunctionsMemory |
| Basal GangliaGlobus Pallidus,Putamen, CaudateNucleus | Automatic Behavioral Sequences |
| DiencephalonHypothalamusThalamus | Coordination of Mental and Physiological ProcessesRelay Station between Sense Organs and Cortex Brain Area Major Function |
| Brain StemPons, Medula Oblongata | Basic Physiological Processes: Digestion, Respiration, Cardiac Function |
| Cerebellum | Motor Coordination and Balance |
