Temporal Lobe Details - LAME
Responsible for::
- Language
- Memory
- Emotion
- Ties in with the limbic system
- Olfactory impulses
- Auditory impulses
- Memory
Function:
- Emotion and memory circuits
- Fear, anxiety, anger and paranoia
- Hyper-religiosity
- Auditory hallucinations and delusions assoc. w/dep, mania and schizophrenia
An easy way to remember the functions of the temporal lobe:
- L: Language (receptive): Wernicke’s area
- A: Affective component of speech
- M: memory
- E: emotion
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