DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
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decision making
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vision
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hearing and memory
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sensory (pain, pressure, temperature)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. Difficulty with identifying colours (Colour Agnosia)
Detailed explanation-2: -The occipital lobe is the back part of the brain that is involved with vision.
Detailed explanation-3: -The occipital lobe essentially receives sensory information from the retinas of the eyes, of which, is then encoded into different visual data, such as color, orientation, and motion.
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