Damage to the temporal lobe can affect memory and the understanding of language.
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颞 is the temple, the side of the head, and 叶 is a lobe, as in 肺叶 'lung lobe'. The temporal lobe sits right behind your temples. The other lobes are 额叶 (frontal), 顶叶 (parietal) and 枕叶 (occipital).