Parietal-temporal-occipital
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The '''parietal-temporal-occipital''' (PTO) association area is located in the [[cerebral cortex]] of the [[human brain]]. As its name implies, the PTO includes portions of the [[parietal lobe|parietal]], [[temporal lobe|temporal]] and [[occipital lobe]]s.
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]].
In the left hemisphere, the PTO is mainly responsible for [[language]] recognition ([[reading (activity)|reading]], listening, and [[braille]]), while in the right it identifies the spatial characteristics of objects and is involved in spatial awareness.
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