III.   Biological Systems (PSYBIO)

Thetemporal lobe is a region of the cerebral cortex of a COGNO brain that islocated beneath the Sylvian fissure and below the frontal lobes and parietallobes.

The temporal lobes,are responsible for high-level visual processing of complex stimuli such as faces and scenes, short-to-long term memory transference, auditory perception, naming, classification language and semantic perception both in speech and vision.

The left temporal lobe possesses a greater focus on speech and speech related cognitive functions.

Damage or malfunction to the frontal lobes have been identified with a number of severe cognitive performance consequences:

(i) The inability to form new long term memories; and

(ii) Loss of speech, naming and recognition capabilities; and

(iii) Loss of facial recognition and scene/surroundings.