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temporal lobe
noun
: a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere that is situated in front of the occipital lobe and contains a sensory area associated with the organ of hearing
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Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
To access a lesion in the patient’s hippocampus, a surgeon had removed the tissue from their left anterior temporal lobe, a part of the brain thought to play a role in our memory of objects, people, words and facts.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
According to the National Institute on Aging, frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, results from damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
Willis was also was also diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a group of brain disorders that affect the brain's frontal and temporal lobes, which are associated with personality, behavior and language, Mayo Clinic explains.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
How Common Is Frontotemporal Dementia? FTD—sometimes called frontotemporal disorders—is a group of disorders that gradually damage the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, which are responsible for thinking and behavior.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Feb. 2024
Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, refers to a group of diseases that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, the Mayo Clinic said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
The disease afflicting actor Bruce Willis is incurable Feb. 16, 2023
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), also affecting Willis, is a progressive brain disease that impacts the frontal and anterior temporal lobes of the brain.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above
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“Temporal lobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temporal%20lobe. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
temporal lobe
noun
: a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere that is situated in front of the occipital lobe and contains a sensory area associated with the organ of hearing
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