What are the names and roles of the lobes of the cerebral cortex?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will include the following key points:
• Occipital lobes: Lobes at the lower back part of the brain's cerebral cortex; they contain areas that receive visual information.
• Parietal lobes: Lobes at the top of the brain's cerebral cortex; they contain areas that receive information on pressure, pain, touch, and temperature as well as handle
• attention and awareness of spatial relationships.
• Temporal lobes: Lobes at the sides of the brain's cerebral cortex; they contain areas involved in hearing, memory, perception, emotion, and (in the left lobe, typically) language comprehension.
• Frontal lobes: Lobes at the front of the brain's cerebral cortex; they contain areas involved in short-term memory, higher-order thinking, initiative, social judgment, and (in the left lobe, typically) speech production.
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What will be an ideal response?
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