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temporal lobe
noun[ C ]
anatomy specializeduk /ˌtem.pər.əl ˈləʊb/ us /ˈtem.pɚ.əl ˌloʊb/
either of two large parts of the brain, one on each side behind the ear, that are especially involved in understanding sound:
The temporal lobes play a role in memory, verbal expression, and language comprehension.
The test detects changes in the medial temporal lobes of the brain, the first area to be affected by Alzheimer's.
They studied patients who suffer from a form of epilepsy that affects the brain's temporal lobe.
Damage to the right temporal lobe in particular results in the inability to form new spatial memories.
This area in our left temporal lobe has a role in recognizing what others are saying to us.
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