Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The parietal lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain, primarily involved in processing sensory information related to touch, temperature, and pain. It also plays a key role in spatial orientation and navigation.
The outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.
The way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses.
Spatial Awareness: The awareness of objects in space around oneself and their position relative to each other; an important function of the parietal lobe