Roles of the Temporal and Frontal Lobes
Roles of the Temporal and Frontal Lobes
Carla Urbanczyk
January 2, 2014
BEH/225
Latoshia Stamps
Scientists are always looking into the way the brain works. There is always a new brain study where the scientists conduct brain scans under certain situations so the scientists can see what part of the brain is being affected. There are numerous brain studies when drugs are being passed for brain disorders and the scientists have to find out what part of the brain the drug affects. The temporal lobes of the brain located in the lowest of the major subdivisions of the cortical mantle of the brain, containing the sensory center for hearing and forming the rear two thirds of the ventral surface of the cerebral hemisphere (Company, 2007). The temporal lobes are separated from the frontal and parietal lobes above it by the fissure of Sylvius (Company, 2007). The Wernicke area of the brain is in the left temporal lobe and has functions such as language comprehension, semantic processing, language recognition, and language interpretation. The temporal lobe has several functions of the brain. Some of the functions are the controls speech, memory, and reading comprehension, sense memory for olfactory, visual and auditory information. The temporal lobes also help with stabilizing emotional response to keep the person emotionally stable (Kratz, 2014).
Heredity can play a role on the temporal lobes and the functions of the temporal lobes. One of the diseases that can affect the temporal lobes is temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) consists of a heterogeneous group of seizure disorders originating in the temporal lobe. TLE had been thought to develop as a result of acquired structural problems in the temporal lobe (Su-Kyeong Hwang, 2011). Another disease that effects the temporal lobes is a disease called pick 's disease is a cause of dementia similar to Alzheimer 's disease. The disease affects the memory center of the person and will cause the
Carla Urbanczyk
January 2, 2014
BEH/225
Latoshia Stamps
Scientists are always looking into the way the brain works. There is always a new brain study where the scientists conduct brain scans under certain situations so the scientists can see what part of the brain is being affected. There are numerous brain studies when drugs are being passed for brain disorders and the scientists have to find out what part of the brain the drug affects. The temporal lobes of the brain located in the lowest of the major subdivisions of the cortical mantle of the brain, containing the sensory center for hearing and forming the rear two thirds of the ventral surface of the cerebral hemisphere (Company, 2007). The temporal lobes are separated from the frontal and parietal lobes above it by the fissure of Sylvius (Company, 2007). The Wernicke area of the brain is in the left temporal lobe and has functions such as language comprehension, semantic processing, language recognition, and language interpretation. The temporal lobe has several functions of the brain. Some of the functions are the controls speech, memory, and reading comprehension, sense memory for olfactory, visual and auditory information. The temporal lobes also help with stabilizing emotional response to keep the person emotionally stable (Kratz, 2014).
Heredity can play a role on the temporal lobes and the functions of the temporal lobes. One of the diseases that can affect the temporal lobes is temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) consists of a heterogeneous group of seizure disorders originating in the temporal lobe. TLE had been thought to develop as a result of acquired structural problems in the temporal lobe (Su-Kyeong Hwang, 2011). Another disease that effects the temporal lobes is a disease called pick 's disease is a cause of dementia similar to Alzheimer 's disease. The disease affects the memory center of the person and will cause the
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