Title: temporal lobe
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - temporal lobe
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12125
Status: current

Definition
One of the four major lobes of each cerebral hemisphere, situated at the base of the brain.

Note
It is involved in memory, language comprehension, emotion, and processing sensory input.

Related Terms
- brain: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11647
- lobes: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11854

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 910 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'temporal lobe' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12125
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