An injury to the temporal lobe will likely impair the function of the memory.
Explanation:
The temporal lobe is responsible for interpreting sounds and integrating hearing and language comprehension, it allows the processing of language in general and processes immediate events in recent and long-term memory. Part of the left temporal lobe controls the understanding of language. An injury on this part will affect the verbal memory, being significantly altered, as well as the ability to understand language. An injury on certain parts of the right temporal lobe, memory for sounds and music is affected.
