Illustration of brain lobes
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Your brain's hemispheres are divided into four lobes.

  • The frontal lobes control thinking, planning, organizing, problem solving, short-term memory and movement.
  • The parietal lobes interpret sensory information, such as taste, temperature and touch.
  • The occipital lobes process images from your eyes and link that information with images stored in memory.
  • The temporal lobes process information from your senses of smell, taste and sound. They also play a role in memory storage.

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April 20, 2016