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Human Brain: Left-Right Asymmetries in Temporal Speech Region
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We have found marked anatomical asymmetries between the upper surfaces of the human right and left temporal lobes. The planum temporale (the area behind Heschl's gyrus) is larger on the left in 65 percent of brains; on the right it is larger in only 11 percent. The left planum is on the average one-third longer than the right planum. This area makes up part of the temporal speech cortex, whose importance is well established on the basis of both anatomical findings in aphasic patients and cortical stimulation at operation.
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- Authors
- Geschwind, N., & Levitsky, W.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1968-07-12
- Volume
- 161
- Issue
- 3837
- Pages
- 186-187
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2092307234
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- 6.83
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- en
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