The Parietal Lobe
By: Kindrea Wilson and Stanley Duncan
The Definition
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Parietal Lobe-a portion of the cerebral
cortex at the top of the head and toward the
rear; receives sensory input for touch and
body position.
Major Function of the Parietal Lobe
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Sensing pain,
Speech
pressure, and touch Visual perception and
Regulating and
recognition
processing the
Cognition and
body's five senses
information
Movement and
visual orientation
The Behaviors the Parietal Lobe
Controls
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The Parietal lobe
can control any
behavior.
The type of
behavior that it
controls is based off
of the environment
and other factors.
The Process of the Parietal Lobe
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All four lobes work
together to send
sensory information
to each other.
Each lobes deals
with different
sensory information
and they send the
information to the
rest of the lobes.
What parts of the brain does the
Parietal lobe work with?
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Frontal lobe
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Temporal lobe
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Occipital lobe
The discovery of the Parietal Lobe
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Franciscus Sylvius
(1614-1672)
Physician,
physiologist,
anatomist, and
chemist
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Professor at the
University of Leidon
(1641)
Was in the
chemistry lab at the
University when
discovering the
deep cleft (Sylvian
Fissure).
Continued...
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The deep cleft is
what separates all
of the lobes.
This is how the four
lobes became
separate.
Injury to the Parietal Lobe can
cause...
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Problems with:
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Speech
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Writing
Understanding
symbols and
language
Can not locate parts
of your body.
Can not recognize
parts of your body.
Recent Research
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Researchers have
found evidence
linking the Parietal
lobe to memory.
Different types of
memory:
Visual short term
memory
Working Memory
Episodic Memory
Parts of the Parietal Lobe
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Superior parietal
lobule
Inferior parietal
lobule
Intraparietal sulcus
Works Citied
http://www.brainline.org/multimedia/interactive
_brain/the_human_brain.html?gclid=CLSq1uu
q0LkCFSpk7AodKygA3A
http://www.md-health.com/Lobes-Of-TheBrain.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/5
77670/Franciscus-Sylvius
Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC
2898273/