BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
STUDYING THE BRAIN
Question
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Occipital Lobe
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Temporal Lobe
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Parietal Lobe
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Frontal Lobe
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Detailed explanation-1: -The occipital lobe is the back part of the brain that is involved with vision.
Detailed explanation-2: -The occipital lobes sit at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion. Damage to the occipital lobe can include: Difficulty with locating objects in environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Injury to the occipital lobes may lead to vision impairments such as blindness or blind spots; visual distortions and visual inattention. The occipital lobes are also associated with various behaviors and functions that include: visual recognition; visual attention; and spatial analysis.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main job of your occipital lobe is decoding the messages sent from your eyes and turning that information into forms the rest of your brain can use. That job happens in two specific areas in your occipital lobe: the primary visual cortex and the secondary visual cortex.