You’ve probably heard that your brain has a right half and left half, known as a hemisphere. Interestingly, each hemisphere of the human brain controls the opposite side of the body. Each half of the brain also has four functional areas, known as lobes. There’s also a unique, lesser-known lobe within the brain. Let’s take a look at these five lobes and what they do.
The frontal lobe is the largest of the brain lobes and is located behind the nasal cavity. It’s responsible for controlling body and eye movements, smooth motor movement and motor language. The functions it impacts include memory, judgment, problem-solving, sexual behavior and the expression of emotions. Our frontal lobes can be either right- or left-side dominant with regard to controlling language and speech, although most people store this information on the left side. Injuries or damage to the frontal lobe can result in attention, planning ...
