temporal lobe
12
4.9
- noun
- /ˈtɛmpərəl loʊb/
- Specialized
:
lóbulo temporal
- The doctor explained that the temporal lobe is essential for processing sounds and memories.
- temporal lobe seizures
- temporal lobe epilepsy
- right temporal lobe
And when I scanned him, he had damage to his temporal lobe and his frontal lobes were sleepy.
- And when I scanned him, he had damage to his temporal lobe and his frontal lobes were sleepy.
- So a lot of different parts of the brain network to the temporal lobe.
- And there's an area called the hippocampus on the inside of your temporal lobes.
- So we've done a lot of our work looking at how the temporal lobe processes speech sounds because we're looking for where the seizures start.
- Had a dent in the left front side of his brain, his left frontal lobe, his left temporal lobe.
- So now I'm seeing Julie's seizure spread from somewhere in the on the inner surface of her temporal lobe to somewhere in her frontal lobe.
- It's just that that that side effect of temporal lobe epilepsy, just an impulsive need to write non-stop.
- The way it's a musical, but it's tied to the fact the patient has a dysfunction in the temporal lobe is just absolutely genius.
- And then we had negative scan and the negativity dropped her left temporal lobe, her left frontal lobe, enter cerebellum.
- I was suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy.
Examples
-
Information from the visual cortex is then routed to the temporal lobes, which handle object recognition.
Blog text (2) -
You said you observed a possible epileptic focus in the temporal lobe.
-
I suffered damage to the temporal lobe.
-
It's a temporal lobe tumor.
-
You do not have temporal lobe epilepsy.
-
I was suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy.
-
OK, They can wipe out part of the temporal lobe, the amygdala in particular.
-
And the MRI showed scar tissue on my left temporal lobe confirming that I do have epilepsy.
-
Through their research, they find significant enlargement of the temporal lobe, the lobe responsible for auditory processing.
Academic text (2012) -
Individuals with temporal lobe damage seem to have difficulty with spatial memory (Pigott and Milner, 1994).
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
1
6.7
The part of the brain near the temples that helps you hear and remember things
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'temporal' (relating to the temple/side of the head) and 'lobe' (a rounded projecting part of an organ), so a learner who knows these constituents can infer it refers to a part of the brain at the side. Although 'temporal' is polysemous (also meaning 'relating to time'), the anatomical sense is common and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, supporting transparency for learners who know the component meanings.
Etymology
Temporal lobe comes from temporal (from the word for the 'temple', the side of the head, and also from 'time') and lobe (a rounded part). So it literally pictures a rounded area at the side of the brain that helps with hearing and memory.