Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the occipital and temporal regions.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
occiput andtemporal lobe .
Etymologies
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The tentorial surface of the occipital lobe is limited in front by an imaginary transverse line through the preoccipital notch, and consists of the posterior part of the fusiform gyrus (occipitotemporal convolution) and the lower part of the lingual gyrus, which are separated from each other by the posterior segment of the collateral fissure.
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Goodale MA (2007) Attention to form or surface properties modulates different regions of human occipitotemporal cortex.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mathieu Brodeur et al. 2008
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Professor Padraic Monaghan of the University of Lancaster has written how neuroimaging studies have revealed that the brain processes visual images of faces in an area of the right hemisphere known as the "occipitotemporal cortex" (OTC), while visual words are processed in a corresponding area in the left hemisphere.
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