The Parietal Lobe By: Kindrea Wilson and Stanley Duncan

The Definition  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   Sensing pain, pressure, and touch Regulating and processing the body's five senses Speech Visual perception and recognition Cognition and information  Movement and visual orientation

The Behaviors the Parietal Lobe Controls  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  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?  Frontal lobe  Temporal lobe  Occipital lobe

The discovery of the Parietal Lobe  Franciscus Sylvius (1614-1672)  Physician, physiologist, anatomist, and chemist  Professor at the University of Leidon (1641)  Was in the chemistry lab at the University when discovering the deep cleft (Sylvian Fissure).

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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...

 Problems with:  Speech  Writing  Understanding symbols and language Can not locate parts of your body. Can not recognize parts of your body.

Recent Research  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  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-The Brain.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/5 77670/Franciscus-Sylvius Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC 2898273/