Brodmann’s map of the human cerebral cortex — or Brodmann’s maps?

Abstract The cytoarchitectonic map of the adult human cerebral cortex prepared by Korbinian Brodmann is probably the most widely used and reproduced cortical map. However, few people today realize that in the period between 1908 and 1914 (the first and last date of maps publication by Brodmann himself) that map was gradually developed, extended and subjected to some significant modifications. The aim of this article is to reproduce and briefly describe all versions of Brodmann’s map, trace its changes and highlight the importance of these changes — especially with respect to the speech and language related cortical regions of the left cerebral hemisphere.