The Temporal Lobe, located below the lateral fissure, is responsible for sound perception, identification of objects, and comprehension of words. Similar to the process of visual perception, both the right and the left ear send signals to both hemispheres of the temporal lobe. Therefore, damage done to either the right or the left side of the temporal lobe will affect hearing in both ears. Besides sound perception, the temporal lobe collaborates with the occipital lobe to identify objects we see. Patients with a damaged temporal lobe might suffer from visual agnosia; the inability to recognize familiar objects. Another impairment caused by a damaged temporal lobe is prosopagnosia; the inability to recognize familiar faces. The temporal lobe is also used when trying to understand the meanings of words. A damaged temporal lobe might hinder the patient from understanding the meanings of words. The temporal lobe is shaded yellow in
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The cerebellum receives signals from all over the body and coordinates motor movements. It is also used when we learn new motor skills like driving. Damage to the cerebellum can lead to asynergia, which is the loss of coordination of motor movement, as well as adiadochokinesia, which is the inability to move rapidly. The cerebellum is shaded in orange in Figure 1.
The Hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain and plays a critical role in the formation and storage of memory. Operation done by William Scoville (Scoville 1957) removed the hippocampus from a patient which resulted in the patient not being able to retain new information or recall previous ones. Damage to the hippocampus results in behavior like Scovilles patient, or also known as anterograde amnesia. In addition, Alzheimer's diseases, which is chronic memory loss, is also another result of a damaged hippocampus. The hippocampus is shaded blue in Figure
The cerebellum receives signals from all over the body and coordinates motor movements. It is also used when we learn new motor skills like driving. Damage to the cerebellum can lead to asynergia, which is the loss of coordination of motor movement, as well as adiadochokinesia, which is the inability to move rapidly. The cerebellum is shaded in orange in Figure 1.
The Hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain and plays a critical role in the formation and storage of memory. Operation done by William Scoville (Scoville 1957) removed the hippocampus from a patient which resulted in the patient not being able to retain new information or recall previous ones. Damage to the hippocampus results in behavior like Scovilles patient, or also known as anterograde amnesia. In addition, Alzheimer's diseases, which is chronic memory loss, is also another result of a damaged hippocampus. The hippocampus is shaded blue in Figure