Localising value of auras
| Aura | Localisation |
| Somatosensory | |
| Marching sensory aura | Primary sensory cortex |
| Tingling, numbness | Primary or secondary somatosensory cortex, supplementary motor area, insula |
| Pain/ warmth | Secondary somatosensory cortex, insula |
| Visual aura | |
| Elementary (lights, shapes) | Primary visual cortex |
| Illusions/ distortions | Temporo-parieto-occipital |
| Complex visual hallucinations | Temporal |
| Auditory | |
| Elementary | Heschl’s gyrus, superior temporal |
| Illusions/distortion | Lateral temporal, insula |
| Other | |
| Gustatory | Insula, mesiotemporal |
| Olfactory | Insula, mesiotemporal, orbitofrontal |
| Vestibular | Posterior temporal, parietal |
| Autonomic | Insula, amygdala, cingulate |