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parietal lobe [pə′rī·əd·əl ‚lōb] (anatomy) The cerebral lobe of the brain above the lateral cerebral sulcus and behind the central sulcus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Nicolelis' team reported in 2003 that the researchers had implanted electrodes in the frontal and parietal lobes of the brains of two female rhesus monkeys that used a joystick to control a cursor on a computer screen. 3) This tumor was located in the leptomeninges of the right parietal lobe, and it had been discovered incidentally during a radiologic investigation of unrelated neurologic symptoms. Additional research suggests that changes like those occurring in the frontal lobes occur in the parietal lobes, which are involved in the processing of sensory information, in addition to other functions; in the occipital lobes, which are involved in the processing of visual information; and in the temporal lobes, which are critically involved in memory formation as well as visual and auditory processing (Geidd et al. |
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