| Brain: Fusiform gyrus | ||
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| Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. (Fusiform gyrus visible near bottom) | ||
| Latin | gyrus fusiformis | |
| Gray's | subject #189 824 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-121 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | g_13/12405287 | |
The fusiform gyrus is part of the temporal lobe. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. This is a list of the subjects in Gray's Anatomy: IX Neurology NeuroNames is a system of nomenclature for the human and/or macaque Brain. Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The temporal lobes are parts of the cerebrum that are involved in speech, Memory, and Hearing. It is also known as the (discontinuous) occipitotemporal gyrus. Other sources have the fusiform gyrus above the occipitotemporal gyrus and underneath the parahippocampal gyrus. [1]
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Function
There is still some dispute over the functionalities of this area, but there's relative consensus on these five:
- processing of color information
- face and body recognition (see Fusiform face area)
- word recognition
- number recognition
- abstraction
Some researchers believe that the fusiform gyrus may be related to the disorder known as prosopagnosia, or face blindness. The Fusiform face area (FFA is a part of the human Visual system which seems to specialize in facial recognition although there is also good evidence that it also processes Prosopagnosia (sometimes known as face blindness) is a disorder of Face perception where the ability to recognize Faces is impaired while the ability to
Function in Synaesthetes
Recent research has seen activation of the fusiform gyrus during subjective grapheme-color perception in people with Synaesthesia. Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae)—from the Ancient Greek (syn meaning "with" [2]
The Fusiform Gyrus in Popular Culture
Police inspector Beate Lønn in the Harry Hole detective series by Jo Nesbø is supposed to have a well developed fusiform gyrus, explaining why she has an outstanding ability to recognize the villains from surveillance cameras and police photos. Harry Hole is the main character in a series of so far seven crime novels written by Jo Nesbø. Jo Nesbø (born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian bestselling Author and formerly a pop Musician.
References
External links
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n1a2p13 - "Cerebral Hemisphere, Inferior View"
- Location at mattababy. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research org
- [1] at ted. com
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