parietal lobe

• parietal lobe location

  • behind frontal lobe
  • above occipital lobe
• parietal lobe regulates

  • brain sensations
  • coordination of sensations and movement
  • personal body and environmental perception
• right parietal lobe

  • perceiving 3D shapes
  • design
• left parietal lobe

  • reading
  • writing
• damage to parietal lobe

  • difficulty navigating space
  • spatial skill difficulty
  • spatial neglect
  • loss of bodily sensation
• spatial neglect due to parietal lobe injury

  • attentional disorder
  • individual fails to notice anything one one side of body
• the somatosensory cortex receives information from receptors throughout the body that detect touch, pressure, pain, temperature, and vibration.
• somatosensory cortex (primary sensory cortex)

  • located front of parietal lobe
  • receives and processes sensory information (pain)
• large association area located behind somatosensory cortex

  • judgement of texture
  • weight
  • size
  • shape
• somatosensory cortex homunculus controls

  • hands
  • fingers
  • mouth
  • tongue