A 10-month-old baby is interested in discovering different textures, comparing the touch sensations between a soft blanket and a hard wooden block. Tactile signals such as these are received by the _____ lobe.

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Answer:

Parietal lobe.

Explanation:

Parietal lobe is located between the frontal and occupational lobe and above the temporal lobe.

Parietal lobe is involved in number of important function and one of it's major function is processing and receiving sensory information from all parts of the body, for example, it help us in identifying the location of touch sensation. It's other functions include:

  1. Movement coordination.
  2. Reading and writing.
  3. Touch sensation such as temperature and pain.
  4. Visual perception.
  5. Cognition.
  6. Information processing, etc.