Temporal Lobe

Temporal lobe, in the cerebrum’s temporal lobe (between frontal/occipital lobes and below parietal lobe) controls long-term memory storage, emotion, hearing, nonverbal interpretation, and sound-to-visual image conversion. On the superior temporal gyrus (located on the cerebrum’s more dominant left side) is the recently discovered Wernicke’s area, which aids language comprehension based on speech tones and sounds, linking them to previously learned sounds. The temporal lobe is one of four interconnected, specialized lobes.