parietal lobe
noun
: the middle division of each cerebral hemisphere that contains an area concerned with bodily sensations
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Apraxia stems from a dysfunction in the cerebral hemispheres, typically in the parietal lobe.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Parietal Lobe Sitting behind the frontal lobe, near the top and center of the cerebral cortex, the parietal lobe is responsible for movement coordination, math computation, spatial orientation, touch sensation, visual perception and speech.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
Phrenologists suggested the part of the cerebrum above the eyes, called the frontal lobe, is most important for intelligence and is proportionally larger in men, while the parietal lobe, just behind the frontal lobe, is proportionally larger in women.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
Saying that damaging the parietal lobe could cause spatial neglect is about as meaningful as saying that driving your car off a cliff might damage your windshield.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
Our brains come hard-wired with the ability to hear and speak language (from a place called Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe) and the ability to understand and remember symbols (the parietal lobe).
—Melanie Hamon, Longreads, 23 Feb. 2023
Damage to the right parietal lobe can result in the inability to care for one side of your body such as washing or getting dressed.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
Beginning in the late 1990s, neuroimaging studies showed that a specific area of the parietal lobe — the IPS — is important for very basic numerical magnitude processing, such as deciding which of two numbers is larger.
—Carlin Flora, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2013
For example, a person with the acalculia variant experiences a deterioration in the intraparietal sulcus, which is located in the parietal lobe.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2021
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Parietal Lobe Sitting behind the frontal lobe, near the top and center of the cerebral cortex, the parietal lobe is responsible for movement coordination, math computation, spatial orientation, touch sensation, visual perception and speech.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
Phrenologists suggested the part of the cerebrum above the eyes, called the frontal lobe, is most important for intelligence and is proportionally larger in men, while the parietal lobe, just behind the frontal lobe, is proportionally larger in women.
—The Conversation, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
Saying that damaging the parietal lobe could cause spatial neglect is about as meaningful as saying that driving your car off a cliff might damage your windshield.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
Our brains come hard-wired with the ability to hear and speak language (from a place called Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe) and the ability to understand and remember symbols (the parietal lobe).
—Melanie Hamon, Longreads, 23 Feb. 2023
Damage to the right parietal lobe can result in the inability to care for one side of your body such as washing or getting dressed.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
Beginning in the late 1990s, neuroimaging studies showed that a specific area of the parietal lobe — the IPS — is important for very basic numerical magnitude processing, such as deciding which of two numbers is larger.
—Carlin Flora, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2013
For example, a person with the acalculia variant experiences a deterioration in the intraparietal sulcus, which is located in the parietal lobe.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2021
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