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parietotemporal

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the parietal and temporal bones: as, the parietotemporal suture.

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Examples

  • The parietotemporal supplies the supramarginal and angular gyri, and the posterior parts of the superior and middle temporal gyri.

    VI. The Arteries. 3a. 4. The Internal Carotid Artery 1918

  • These findings that point to the parietotemporal region's role in reading contradict a common perception that dyslexia is primarily caused by difficulties in the visual perception of letters, leading to confusions between letters like "p" and "d."

    I Speak of Dreams 2008

  • The same parietotemporal areas of the brain that showed increased activity following instruction are centrally involved in this sound-based processing.

    I Speak of Dreams 2008

  • Those measurements showed that prior to the remediation, the parietotemporal areas were significantly less activated among the poor readers than in the control group.

    I Speak of Dreams 2008

  • Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), scientists investigated the changes in a number of cortical regions located in the parietotemporal area, which is responsible for decoding the sounds of written language and assembling them into words and phrases that make up a sentence.

    I Speak of Dreams 2008

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