temporal lobe

temporal lobe

n.

The lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere, located in front of the occipital lobe and containing the sensory center of hearing in the brain.

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temporal lobe

The lobe of each cerebral hemisphere lying to the side and rear of the frontal lobe. The temporal lobe controls hearing and some aspects of language perception, emotion, and memory.

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Noun

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temporal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head temporal ccortex cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum temporal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe" amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum - an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior