Temporal love basics

2. Structure
• 1 of the 4 major lobes of the
cerebral cortex in the brain of
mammals
• The structure is key for long
term memory

3. Functions
• Visual memory
• Processing memories input
• Language
• New memories

4. Location
• Located beneath the lateral
fissure on both cerebral
hemisphere of the brain

5. How Temporal Lobe is
affected
• Alzheimer's disease
• Brain tumors
• Concussions
• Dyslexia

6. Effects of temporal damage
• Kolb & Wishaw (1990) had identified eight principle symptoms of
temporal lobe damage:
• 1) disturbance of auditory sensation and perception
• 2) disturbance of selective attention of auditory and visual input
• 3) disorders of visual perception
• 4) impaired organization and categorization of verbal material
• 5) disturbance of language comprehension
• 6) impaired long-term memory
• 7) altered personality and affective behavior
• 8) altered sexual behavior

7. History of the brain
• Charles Estienne- mid 16th century
• Leonardo da Vinci also drew and dissected the
brain

8. Examples of cases
• Man crashed on a motorcycle and was not
affected until 3 months after, he now suffers from
memory loss