AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

STUDYING THE BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sensory input from touch is processed by our
A
Occipital Lobe
B
Temporal Lobe
C
Parietal Lobe
D
Frontal Lobe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Your brain’s parietal lobe is a key part of your understanding of the world around you. It processes your sense of touch and assembles input from your other senses into a form you can use. Your parietal lobe also helps you understand where you are in relation to other things that your senses are picking up around you.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your parietal lobe is located between your frontal and occipital lobes and above your temporal lobe. Functions of your parietal lobe include: Sensory information (touch, pressure, pain, position, vibration, temperature) processing.

Detailed explanation-3: -The parietal lobe is one of the brain’s major lobes, roughly located at the upper back area in the skull. It processes sensory information received from the outside world, mainly relating to touch, taste, and temperature.

Detailed explanation-4: -The middle part of the brain, the parietal lobe helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one’s body is compared with objects around the person). The parietal lobe is also involved in interpreting pain and touch in the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -The parietal lobe is behind the frontal lobe, separated by the central sulcus. Areas in the parietal lobe are responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain.

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