Fusiform gyrus
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Please observe: the above picture was copied from this fantastic brain atlas (http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/MedFak/mai/atlas/micro.pdf)
The Fusiform gyrus is part of the temporal lobe. It is also known as the (discontinuous) occipitotemporal gyrus.
There is still some dispute over the functionalities of this area, but there's relative conscensus on these four:
- processing of colour information
- face recognition
- word recognition
- number recognition
In these lectures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/) held for the BBC by neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran as part of the REITH-lecture series, - the lecturer frequently mentions the functionality of the FUSIFORM GYRUS:
- Phantoms in the BRAIN (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ram/lecture1.ram),
- Synapses and the Self (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ram/lecture2.ram),
- The Artful BRAIN (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ram/lecture3.ram),
- Purple numbers and sharp cheese (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ram/lecture4.ram),
- Neuroscience the new philosophy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ram/lecture1.ram),