The parietal lobe contains an area known as the primary sensory area. This is where impulses from the skin, such as warmth, cold, pain, and touch, are interpreted.

For example, they process our movements or things we see or hear, i.e. direct physical information. However, some areas of the brain come into play when dealing with more advanced mental tasks.

Parietal or occipital lobe damage can cause difficulty seeing on either or both sides of the world, particularly the left. My husband told me he saw his mother last night in our bedroom.

Scientists led by UCL (University College London) have induced dyscalculia in subjects without the maths learning difficulty for the first time. The study, which finds that the right parietal lobe ...

Glioblastoma Multiforme (Parietal Lobe). T1-weighted with gadolinium axial MRIs. Note the large enhancing mass in the left posterior parietal area that demonstrates mass effect. This picture is most ...

Glioblastoma Multiforme (Parietal Lobe). T1-weighted with gadolinium MRIs; (Left) axial image; (Right) coronal image. Note the large enhancing mass in the deep right parietal lobe. On the coronal scan ...

Earliest parietal art: hominin hand and foot traces from the middle Pleistocene of Tibet. Sci Bull, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.09.001 ...

Relationship of Cortical Atrophy to Fatigue in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Pellicano C, Gallo A, Li X, et al. Arch Neurol. 2010;67:447-453 ...