temporal lobe

Noun

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temporal lobe (plural temporal lobes)

(neuroanatomy, anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.

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Amygdala The amygdala is an almond shaped mass of nuclei that is located deep in the brain’s medial temporal lobe. Source: Internet

By the ascending auditory pathway these are led to the primary auditory cortex within the temporal lobe of the human brain, which is where the auditory information arrives in the cerebral cortex and is further processed there. Source: Internet

Efron found that the brain's sorting of incoming signals is done in the temporal lobe of the brain's left hemisphere. Source: Internet

Receptive aphasia results from damage in the posterior one-third of the superior gyrus of the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere. Source: Internet

Flinker A, Chang EF, Barbaro NM, Berger MS, Knight RT (2011) Sub-centimeter language organization in the human temporal lobe. Source: Internet

However, signals enter the temporal lobe twice before processing, once from each hemisphere of the brain, normally with a slight delay of milliseconds between them. Source: Internet

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