MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Damage to the temporal lobes can result in: Difficulty in understanding spoken words (Receptive Aphasia) Disturbance with selective attention to what we see and hear. Difficulty with identification and categorisation of objects. Difficulty learning and retaining new information.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main functions of the temporal lobes include understanding language, memory acquisition, face recognition, object recognition, perception and processing auditory information.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common cause of temporal lobe lesions is a CVE. Space-occupying lesions may be primary brain tumours-benign (such as meningioma) or malignant. They may also be secondary tumours or metastatic carcinoma, most often from lung cancer or breast cancer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alzheimer’s disease. Certain forms of amnesia (memory loss). Brain lesions (either from diseases or with damage from surgery or medical procedures). Brain tumors (including cancer). Carbon monoxide poisoning. More items •08-Jan-2023