Question

Apply Concepts Eventually, most people with Alzheimer's disease lose the ability to recognize common objects. Explain which lobe is affected at this point in the disease

Answer 1

Answer:

The right temporal lobe

Explanation:

The cerebral cortex of the brain has two sections known as hemispheres, and each hemisphere can be divided into four lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is characterized by the damage of the temporal lobe. Alzheimer’s disease usually initiates in the hippocampus, which is a structure inside each temporal lobe. The temporal lobes are involved in different neuronal functions: object recognition, face recognition, perception, memory, language, emotions, etc. The right temporal lobe is mainly involved in processing visual information (i.e., face recognition, object recognition, familiar recognition).