Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the parietal and temporal bones: as, the parietotemporal suture.
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Examples
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The parietotemporal supplies the supramarginal and angular gyri, and the posterior parts of the superior and middle temporal gyri.
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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
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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
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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
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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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