Editing Parietal-temporal-occipital (section)

{{Short description|Portions of the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes}}
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The '''parietal-temporal-occipital''' ('''PTO''') association area, also referred to as the '''temporo-parieto-occipital''' ('''TPO''') junction, is an area within the [[cerebral cortex]] where the [[parietal lobe|parietal]], [[temporal lobe|temporal]] and [[occipital lobe]]s meet.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=De Benedictis |first=Alessandro |last2=Duffau |first2=Hugues |last3=Paradiso |first3=Beatrice |last4=Grandi |first4=Enrico |last5=Balbi |first5=Sergio |last6=Granieri |first6=Enrico |last7=Colarusso |first7=Enzo |last8=Chioffi |first8=Franco |last9=Marras |first9=Carlo Efisio |last10=Sarubbo |first10=Silvio |date=August 2014 |title=Anatomo-functional study of the temporo-parieto-occipital region: dissection, tractographic and brain mapping evidence from a neurosurgical perspective |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24975421/ |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=225 |issue=2 |pages=132–151 |doi=10.1111/joa.12204 |issn=1469-7580 |pmc=4111924 |pmid=24975421}}</ref> 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

This association area—one of three in the cortex—is responsible for the assembly of [[sound|auditory]], [[visual perception|visual]], and [[somatosensory|somatosensory system]] information. Meaning is assigned to stimuli in the PTO, which outputs to numerous other areas of the [[brain]], notably the [[limbic system|limbic]] and [[prefrontal cortex|prefrontal]] association areas, which are involved in [[memory]].