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Brodmann's areas
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Brodmann's areas [′bräd·mənz ‚er·ē·əz]
(physiology)
Numbered regions of the cerebral cortex used to identify cortical functions.


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John Medina, the author of "Brain Rules" points to the area of the brain called Brodmann area 10 that is believed to be responsible for ordering tasks in some kind of orderly, hierarchical sequence.
Following is a brief summary from our review of how we think it works and the specific brain areas involved (denoted as Brodmann areas [BA], standard classification system of brain areas; Broadman, 1912; see Figure 1).
Imaging studies led researchers to an area of the brain thought to be involved in depression called Brodmann Area 25, which appears to become overactive when people are profoundly sad and depressed.
 
 
 
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