Middle temporal gyrus explained
Middle temporal gyrus is a gyrus in the brain on the temporal lobe. It is located between the superior temporal gyrus and inferior temporal gyrus. It corresponds largely to Brodmann area 21.
The middle temporal gyrus is bounded by:
It has been connected with processes as different as contemplating distance, recognition of known faces, audio-visual emotional recognition,[1] and accessing word meaning while reading.[2] Some studies indicate that lesions of the posterior region of the middle temporal gyrus, in the left cerebral hemisphere, may result in alexia and agraphia for kanji characters (characters of Chinese origin used in Japanese writing).[3] The left middle temporal gyrus is also activated during poem composition.[4]
Notes and References
- Pourtois. G. Degelder. B. Bol. A. Crommelinck. M. 2005. Perception of Facial Expressions and Voices and of their Combination in the Human Brain. Cortex. en. 41. 1. 49–59. 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70177-1. 15633706. 3765984.
- Acheson . DJ. . Hagoort . P. . Stimulating the brain's language network: syntactic ambiguity resolution after TMS to the inferior frontal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus. . J Cogn Neurosci . 25 . 10 . 1664–77 . Oct 2013 . 10.1162/jocn_a_00430 . 23767923 . 2066/116682 . 3513464 . free .
- Sakurai . Y. . Mimura . I. . Mannen . T. . Agraphia for kanji resulting from a left posterior middle temporal gyrus lesion. . Behav Neurol . 19 . 3 . 93–106 . 2008 . 10.1155/2008/393912. 18641429 . 5452449 . free .
- Liu . Siyuan . Erkkinen . Michael G. . Healey . Meghan L. . Xu . Yisheng . Swett . Katherine E. . Chow . Ho Ming . Braun . Allen R. . 2015-05-26 . Brain activity and connectivity during poetry composition: Toward a multidimensional model of the creative process . Human Brain Mapping . 36 . 9 . 3351–3372 . 10.1002/hbm.22849 . 1065-9471 . 4581594 . 26015271.
