The temporal and frontal lobes of the brain play a significant role in behavior and decision processing. The temporal lobe is located in the bottom middle part of the cortex, or more commonly recognized, right behind the temples on each side of the brain. It is primarily responsible for processing auditory information for hearing and comprehension. (Brainmadesimple.com, 2014) The frontal lobe is located in the upper are of the cortex. The primary function of the frontal lobe is processing higher
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to the frontal and temporal lobes are what contribute to what we do every day in our lives. First we will look into the temporal lobe and how it works. It is one of four lobes that make up our brain. The location of the temporal lobe is on the bottom front side of our brain and holds critical function. A few of those functions are auditory perception, emotional response, and long term memory function. Our hippocampus is located within our temporal lobe and
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function of the brain is often very limited to the understanding of the brains areas or regions with regard to how these areas respond to stimuli or how it responds to damage. Much of the understanding of the brain is embedded in observation of damaged brains and their association of impaired function with specific areas of damage. Modern technologies have begun to change this trend because of machines such as the Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI) that allows scientist to observe brain function with
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nervous system in humans is the brain. The brain is divided into four sections called lobes and each lobe is associated with different functions and behaviors. The four lobes are the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe. The frontal lobe and the temporal lobe are the two sections of the brain that are more closely linked to human behavior. Damage afflicted to any one of these lobes can cause a number of problems, such as difficulties with motor skills, speech and
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four lobes that are within the brain that control the way our behavior is. The frontal lobe and the temporal lobe are the two that we are going to discuss and how they control our behavior. We will also look at what heredity has to do with our behavior and if the lobes were damaged what could the affects be. Broca’s and Wernicke’s had aphesis on the lobes. The frontal lobe is associated with being able to have higher mental abilities and play a role in your sense of self. The frontal lobe is also
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The cerebral cortex is divided into a right and left hemisphere that contains four lobes; parietal, frontal, occipital and temporal. Within the cerebral cortex each lobe controls a particular bodily function that allows us to see, hear, smell, and touch. The executive functioning happens within the frontal lobe which controls human thinking and the method of which we reason and make judgments. "The frontal lobe is susceptible to injury because of the position inside of the skull. This area of the
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How Alcohol Affects the Baby's Brain: The most common effect is permanent brain damage which leads to learning disabilities, behavior problems, memory deficits, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and/or mental retardation.This is called "static encephalopathy" meaning brain damage that doesn't get any better and doesn't get any worse.There is way to reverse the damage. More subtle damage from occasional binge drinking can cause damage that is like buck shot - scattered holes in the brain that
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circuit with the cortex. Important in the regulation of movement and in habit learning. Works closely with the frontal lobes. *Brain stem: Connection from the spinal cord to lower areas of the brain. Responsible for autonomic functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, and the like. Motor and sensory neurons pass through the brain stem. *Broca’s area: Located in the left frontal lobe. Involved in the production of fluent speech. *Caudate nucleus: Part of the neostriatum, which is part of
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A disorder called Prosopagnosia or face blindness, usually caused by damage to the brain, causes people to lose the ability to recognize faces. This disorder is more common than we realize. I found this topic interesting because I think prosopagnosia is a very usual and complicated disorder to understand, so I wanted to know more about facial recognition. The question at hand is how damage to certain parts of the brain affect facial recognition. Benton (1980) examined patients with brain
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The frontal lobe is responsible for functions including organization, creating, problem-solving skills, planning, and evaluating, therefore damage to this section of the brain may result in behavioral problems. The four functional areas the frontal lobe contains are the primary motor cortex, the premotor area, Broca’s area, and the prefrontal cortex (Perry, 2002). Concern over any behavioral changes are more focused in the prefrontal cortex function which is involved with personality, insight and
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