parietal lobe
Sensory processing center
The parietal lobe is one of four major divisions of each hemisphere of the brain, located behind the frontal lobe and above the temporal lobe.
It processes sensory information—touch, temperature, spatial awareness, and the integration of senses that lets you know where your body is in space.
Damage can cause difficulty with navigation, object recognition, or even awareness of one side of the body.
Brain's outer neural sheet
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- neocortexHigher cognition brain region
- sulcusGroove in tissue
- gyrusCerebral cortex ridge
Perceiving through physical contact
- pressureForce upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- painBodily or emotional distress
- tactileOf the touching sense
proprioception · kinesthesia · body position · homunculus · vibration · numbness · paresthesia · dermatome
Determining position and course
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- spatial awarenessSense of physical positioning
- depth perceptionGauging object distance visually
- visuospatialRelating to visual-spatial perception
mental rotation · coordinate · mapping · localization · reaching · grasping · hand-eye coordination · egocentric
Inability to interpret sensations
Focused mental awareness
- integrationCombining into a whole
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- readingInterpreting written text
writing · language processing · working memory · number sense · tool use · sensorimotor
cerebral cortex
Brain's outer neural sheet
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- neocortexHigher cognition brain region
- sulcusGroove in tissue
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
- pressureForce upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- painBodily or emotional distress
tactile · proprioception · kinesthesia · body position · homunculus · vibration · numbness · paresthesia · dermatome · phantom limb
navigation
Determining position and course
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- spatial awarenessSense of physical positioning
- depth perceptionGauging object distance visually
mental rotation · visuospatial · coordinate · mapping · localization · reaching · grasping · hand-eye coordination · egocentric · route planning
agnosia
Inability to interpret sensations
attention
Focused mental awareness
- integrationCombining into a whole
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
reading · writing · language processing · working memory · number sense · tool use · sensorimotor
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- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
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parietal lobefrontal lobe
Brain's decision-making center
occipital lobe · visual cortex · temporal lobe · prefrontal cortex · A1
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