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Cerebral cortex

Temporal Lobe

auditory & memory cortex

Hearing, object meaning and medial memory circuits converge in temporal cortex.

Frontal LobeParietal LobeTemporal LobeOccipital LobeInsula
Volume salience
76
Connectivity
86
Clinical load
74
Research density
88

Key functions

  • audition
  • semantics
  • episodic memory
  • object recognition

Clinical note

Seizures and memory complaints often point investigators toward temporal structures.

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