Functions
- Calculation
- Spelling
- Attention
- Perception/integration of somatosensory info. (Temperature, pain, touch and pressure)
The Parietal lobe helps the brain integrate information from each of the senses. It helps people coordinate their movements within our surroundings.
Case Study
- Hemispatial neglect- neurological disorder from damaging the posterior parietal lobe
- Inability to attend to objects, people or oneself on the side opposite of the damaged area
- A person may only care for one side of their body(eat, dress, clothe, or bathe)
Damages/Disorders
- Inability to recognize objects or locate objects
- Inability to care for the body
- Inability to remember events
- Disorientation
- Lack of coordination
- Possible cause for Alzheimer's
Substructures
- Precunes
- Inferior parietal lobule
- Superior parietal lobule
- Somatosensory cortex
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