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Frontal Lobe Analysis

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Every single memory, feeling, movement, ability and action has always started and ended in the same place: the brain. Everyday movements like breathing, yawning, or even reading would not be possible without the brain. It holds the everyday life of a human. Even though the brain holds eight major parts, each part contains its own special abilities to contribute to the actions a body is able to do, from the simplest movements to the most complex thoughts. Each and every brain contains all of the same components: neurons, nerve cells, synapses, astrocytes, and individual sections, mapped out like continents on a globe. Neurons, cells that collect information from nerve cells, are what sends out the collected information to the parts …show more content…

“The function of the cerebral cortex can be understood by dividing it… into zones, much like the geographical arrangement of continents” (BrainFacts. org, 2012). One of the divided zones is the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe is in charge of initiating and coordination of motor movements, like thinking, planning and organizing. The parietal lobe, which is located in the top back part of your brain, is involved with the sensory processes, attention, and understanding of language. If damage were to be applied to this lobe, there could be severe consequences; damage to the left side would impair the ability to understand spoken or written language, while damage to the right side would result in difficulty navigating spaces. The back of the brain holds the occipital lobe. This lobe is what processes the visual information received through the eyes and helps to identify shapes and colors seen. The last lobe of the brain is the temporal lobe. It is what processes auditory information given. The temporal lobe combines the information from the other senses. In the temporal lobe, emotional responses go through the amygdala, the mass of “gray matter” inside the left and right hemisphere. The brain is selective when it processes the moments that come through one of our senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. It then sends the experience to the correct part of the brain which then sends out the appropriate reaction to the sense (Ford,

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