Editing Parietal-temporal-occipital

{{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]].

== Analysis of spatial coordinates of the body ==
This is an area beginning with the  posterior parietal cortex and extending to the superior occipital cortex. A function of the Perietal-Temporal-Occipital is the analysis the spatial coordination of body parts. This area receives visual sensory information from the periphery occipital cortex and somatic sensory information from the anterior parietal cortex. From this, the information coordinates and computes the visual auditory information from the body surroundings.

In the left hemisphere, the PTO is involved in [[language]] recognition ([[reading (activity)|reading]], listening, and [[braille]]), but is not entirely responsible for these tasks. Language in all its modalities is covered using many different parts of the brain including Heschl's gyrus in the left hemisphere. In the right, the PTO identifies the spatial characteristics of objects and is involved in spatial awareness.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}

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