The parietal lobe is located near the center of the brain, behind the frontal lobe, in front of the occipital lobe, and above the temporal lobe. The parietal lobe contains an area known as the ...

It was already known that the inferior parietal lobe (IPL) is one of these regions in the human brain. Nevertheless, it was unclear how this area is able to process such very different functions.

Here parietal lobe function is asymmetric: the right parietal lobe can focus attention on either the left or right side, whereas the left parietal lobe only focuses attention on the right.

The final lobe, the occipital lobe, is responsible for the processing of vision and is the bulge seen at the back of the brain. Neocortex - Human Brain Series - Part 4 Play Sensory Perception ...

The brain has many regions that perform different functions. Have students use a map of the brain and brain stem to locate these regions: frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe ...

We are visual animals. Although we certainly use our hearing and other senses, the cliché, seeing is believing, resonates with us because we use our eyes to make sense of the world. Like other ...

We used electrocorticography (ECoG) in patients with epilepsy, who were implanted with chronic intracranial electrodes covering the lateral parietal lobe for ~7–10 days, during which ...

Two studies in the January 18, 2007, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press, shed significant light on how the brain processes numerical information--both abstract quantities and ...

The Seat of the Soul is the Right Parietal Lobe. Ronald Bailey | 12.23.2008 1:33 PM. ... "The brain functions in a certain way during spiritual experiences," said Brick Johnstone, ...

Functions of the parietal lobe: The parietal lobe helps the body move, make sense of its surroundings, and respond to stimuli. This is the area of the brain that processes sensory stimuli, ...