Parietal-temporal-occipital (original) (raw)

The parietal-temporal-occipital (PTO) association area is located in the cerebral cortex which is bounded by the anterior somatic association area and posterior visual cortex of the human brain. As its name implies, the PTO includes portions of the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes. High level of interpreting meaningful signals in the surrounding sensory area. They have functional subareas: * Analysis of the spatial coordinates of the body * Posterior occipital cortex * Anterior parietal cortex