Figure 2.8 | The Four Lobes and the Sensory-Motor Processing Areas | This figure shows the four lobes in the left hemisphere. They are exactly the same areas in the right hemisphere. The central fissure separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe, and the temporal lobe is located beneath the lateral fissure running along the side of the hemisphere. The occipital lobe is toward the lower back of the hemisphere. The motor cortex is the strip in the frontal lobe directly in front of the central fissure; the somatosensory cortex is the strip in the parietal lobe directly behind the central fissure. Primary auditory processing occurs in the temporal lobe, and primary visual processing in the occipital lobe.