Parietal Lobe

Parietal lobes are positioned behind (posterior to) the frontal lobes, and above (superior
to) the occipital lobes. Using the anatomical system, the central sulcus divides the frontal
and parietal lobes, as mentioned before. Between the parietal and the occipital lobes lies
the parieto-occipital sulcus, whereas the lateral sulcus marks the dividing line between
the parietal and temporal lobes. This pair of lobes integrates sensory information from
different modalities, particularly determining spatial sense and navigation, and thus is
significant for the acts of touching and holding objects. For example, it comprises
somatosensory cortex, which is the area of the brain that processes the sense of touch,
and the dorsal stream of the visual system, which supports knowing where objects are in
space and guiding the body’s actions in space. Several portions of the parietal lobe are
important in language processing.