List the four lobes of the brain and briefly describe their functions.

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The brain has two hemispheres, each of which is further divided into four lobes: frontal lobes, which are involved in voluntary movement, thinking, personality, and intentionality or purpose; occipital lobes, which function in vision; temporal lobes, which have an active role in hearing, language processing, and memory; and parietal lobes, which play important roles in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control.

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