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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The temporal lobe
is a region of the cerebral cortex that is located beneath the Sylvian
fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the mammalian brain. The
temporal lobe is involved in auditory perception and is home to the
primary auditory cortex. It is also important for the processing of
semantics in both speech and vision. The temporal lobe contains the
hippocampus and plays a key role in the formation of long-term memory.
The superior temporal gyrus includes an area (within the Sylvian
fissure) where auditory signals from the cochlea (relayed via several
subcortical nuclei) first reach the cerebral cortex. This part of the
cortex (primary auditory cortex) is involved in hearing. Adjacent areas
in the superior, posterior and lateral parts of the temporal lobes are
involved in high-level auditory processing.
