Temporal lobe

Protected by the temporal bone (which constitutes the latero-inferior portion of the cranial vault), the temporal lobe occupies, on each cerebral hemisphere, a position that coincides with the head area between the temple, the ear and the immediately following the ear.
Comprising hippocampus, amygdala and Wernicke's area, the temporal lobe plays a key role in the understanding of spoken and written language, in verbal memory, in the processes of perception, recognition and interpretation of sounds, in the interpretation of visual stimuli, in visual recognition of objects, in certain types of emotional reactions, and in long-term memory.