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'''Brodmann area 7''' is one of [[Korbinian Brodmann|Brodmann]]'s [[cytological]]ly defined regions of the brain corresponding to [[precuneus]] and [[superior parietal lobule]] (SPL). It is involved in locating objects in space. It serves as a point of convergence between [[Visual perception|vision]] and [[proprioception]] to determine where objects are in relation to parts of the body.<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=S. Mark|title=Brodmann's area 7|url=http://www.sylvius.com/index/b/brodmann_s_area_7.html|publisher=Sylvius Project|access-date=2013-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227021122/http://www.sylvius.com/index/b/brodmann_s_area_7.html|archive-date=2011-12-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==In humans==
'''Brodmann area 7''' is part of the [[parietal lobe|parietal]] [[cerebral cortex|cortex]] in the [[human brain]]. Situated posterior to the [[primary somatosensory cortex]] ([[Postcentral gyrus|Brodmann areas 3, 1 and 2]]), and superior to the [[occipital lobe]], this region is believed to play a role in [[visuo-motor coordination]] (e.g., in reaching to grasp an object). In addition, area 7 along with [[Brodmann area 5|area 5]] has been linked to a wide variety of high-level processing tasks, including activation in association with language use.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marley|first=Justin|title=Somatosensory Association Cortex – Brodmann Areas 5 and 7 – A Brief Literature Overview|url=http://theamazingworldofpsychiatry.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/somatosensory-association-cortex-brodmann-areas-5-and-7-a-brief-literature-overview/|date=August 2011}}</ref> This function in language has been theorized to stem from how these two regions play a vital role in generating [[conscious]] constructs of objects in the world.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sommerhoff |first=Gerd |url=https://sk.sagepub.com/books/understanding-consciousness |title=Understanding Consciousness: Its Function and Brain Processes |publisher=SAGE Publications Ltd |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7619-6775-0 |location=London, United Kingdom |pages=135–156 |doi=10.4135/9781446220177}}</ref>

Brodmann area 7 spans both the medial and lateral walls of the parietal cortex. The medial part of Brodmann area 7 is called [[precuneus]]. Laterally, it is called the [[superior parietal lobule]] (SPL). At the base of the SPL is the [[intraparietal sulcus]], below which is the [[inferior parietal lobule]] (IPL), which in turn divides into [[Brodmann area 39|Brodmann areas 39]] ([[angular gyrus]]) and [[Brodmann area 40|40]] ([[supramarginal gyrus]]).

==In guenon==
'''Brodmann area 7''' is a subdivision of the [[cytoarchitecture|cytoarchitecturally]] defined [[parietal cortex|parietal region]] of [[cerebral cortex]] in [[Guenon]] primates. It occupies most of the [[parietal lobe]] excluding the [[postcentral gyrus]] and [[superior parietal lobule]]. This layer is distinguished by a lack of large [[ganglion cells]]{{what|why would we expect ganglion cells to be there, and of what type|date=December 2014}} in cortical layer V, slightly larger layer III [[pyramidal cells]], and a [[multiform layer]] VI that is sharply bounded by [[white matter]] tracts.<ref>{{CC-notice|cc=by3|url=http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1035}} {{Cite web |url=http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1035 |title=BrainInfo |access-date=2013-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218234023/http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1035# |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Brodmann area]]
* [[Korbinian Brodmann]]
* [[List of regions in the human brain]]
* [[Precuneus]]
==References==

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==External links==
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