Luria's Functional Units

1. Unit I: Optimal Cortical Tone

1.1. In charge of maintaining the energy supplement and state of alert essential for human consciousness and awareness.

1.2. Brain Structures: Cortical Activating System Brain Stem

2. Unit II: Sensory Perception

2.1. In charge of reception, analysis, synthesis and storage of sensory stimuli on either hemisphere.

2.2. Brain Structures: Temporal Lobe Occipital Lobe Parietal Lobe

3. Unit III: Movement and Willpower

3.1. In charge of creating plans, organizing movement or sequential thought, the execution and verification of the initial plan.

3.2. Brain Structures: Frontal Lobe