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Memory and Growth in the Superior Temporal Gyri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

E.J. Akesson ,
W.J. Dahlgren  and
J.B. Hyde
E.J. Akesson
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3
W.J. Dahlgren
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3
J.B. Hyde*
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3
*
Department of Anatomy, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg R3E 0W3, Canada
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The superior temporal gyri were measured in 33 infants and in 33 adults. In the adults, most right superior temporal gyri were larger. This asymmetry was not found in infants, a difference which suggests greater growth of the right superior temporal gyri in the population from which our sample was taken. The asymmetry may be related to the functional asymmetry found by Penfield: some of his patients reported re-experiencing of past sensory experiences with electrical stimulation of the temporal lobe. This response was more frequently evoked from the right hemisphere.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , August 1975 , pp. 191 - 194
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1975

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