Quick Facts
This lobe is located superior to the occipital lobe and posterior to the frontal lobe. The first and second somatosensory areas, which integrate sensory information, are found here as well as areas for visuo-spatial processing.
Learn more about this topic from other Elsevier products
Parietal Lobe
Damage to the parietal lobes leads to problems ranging from left-right confusion to the inability to recognize and monitor the condition of a body part (neglect, agnosia), depending on how much of the association area is involved.
