Functional Role of Parietal Cortex

Abstract

In this concluding chapter I shall attempt to draw some conclusions as to the functional role of the parietal cortex. It has been established that the anterior part of the parietal lobe, the postcentral gyrus, is involved in somaesthesis and somatic guidance of movement. Its functional role thus appears clear although the differences found between various cytoarchitectural areas require further thought. Area 5 being a somatosensory associative area belongs to the posterior parietal association cortex and is, regarding both localization and function, in an intermediate position between the primary somatosensory cortex and area 7 in the posterior parietal lobe.