Is there a simple rule of thumb for where a function lives in the brain? · Grey Matter

A rough one works: senses arrive at the primary areas (vision at the back, touch behind the central sulcus, hearing on the upper temporal lobe, taste and the body's state in the insula), and movement leaves from in front of the central sulcus, refined by the cerebellum and selected by the basal ganglia.

Is there a simple rule of thumb for where a function lives in the brain?

A rough one works: senses arrive at the primary areas (vision at the back, touch behind the central sulcus, hearing on the upper temporal lobe, taste and the body's state in the insula), and movement leaves from in front of the central sulcus, refined by the cerebellum and selected by the basal ganglia. Rules and control sit in the prefrontal cortex, meaning in the temporal lobe, space and number in the parietal lobe, emotion in the amygdala, insula, cingulate and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and vital functions in the brainstem, hypothalamus and thalamus. Every real task recruits several of these at once with overlap, so the rule says where to look first and never where a function is confined.