parietal lobe
6
7.0
- noun
- /pəˈraɪətəl loʊb/
- Specialized
:
lóbulo parietal
- During the experiment, researchers noted the activity in the parietal lobe while participants engaged in sensory tasks.
- the right parietal lobe
They activate parietal lobe regions and how well they do at the math is correlated with how much parietal activation there is.
- They activate parietal lobe regions and how well they do at the math is correlated with how much parietal activation there is.
- So the region that we're particularly interested in, in John, is the region somewhere over here is the parietal lobe.
Examples
-
"We know that the posterior superior parietal lobe plays that particular role because there are patients with damage in this same region who literally cannot move around without falling," Newberg reports.
Academic text (2007) -
After leaving the lateral geniculate bodies, the information then travels along the visual pathways in the temporal and parietal lobes, ending in the occipital lobe.
Academic text (1994) -
So and then the parietal lobe deals with senses and touch.
-
Patients with parietal lobe damage do not, however, have difficulty identifying objects.
Academic text (1997) -
This could be especially relevant for the parietal lobe, which is the implementation site of the body image and body-centered spatial concepts.
Academic text (1999) -
The frontal and parietal lobes, important in spatial processing, are located, respectively, behind the forehead and toward the top of the skull.
Academic text (2011) -
When the auditory, verbal, and visual sensory inputs were combined, the processing pattern was characterized by strong processing in the posterior right parietal lobe.
Academic text (1992) -
They activate parietal lobe regions and how well they do at the math is correlated with how much parietal activation there is.
-
The parietal lobe processes sensory information from the skin, allowing us to perceive touch and temperature.
-
Damage to the parietal lobe can result in difficulties with spatial awareness and coordination.
Synonyms
A part of the brain near the top that processes touch and tells you where things are
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'parietal' names the parietal region of the head/skull and 'lobe' denotes a rounded part of an organ, so a learner who knows both words can infer this is a named anatomical part (a lobe in the parietal region of the brain). While detailed functional information (sensory processing, spatial awareness) is specialized and not deducible from the words alone, the referential meaning as a brain region is transparently derived from the constituents and mirrors cross‑linguistic anatomical naming patterns.
Etymology
Parietal lobe: The name parietal lobe comes from an old word for 'wall' — parietal points to the side walls of the skull and lobe means a part. It sits on the upper side of the head and helps the brain understand 'touch', 'temperature' and 'where things are', so the name reminds us both where it is and what it does.