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superior temporal sulcus

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superior temporal sulcus
n.
The longitudinal sulcus separating the superior and middle temporal gyri.


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Using the MagnetoEncephaloGraphic (MEG) scanner at the York Neuroimaging Centre to test responses in the region, the researchers found that the posterior superior temporal sulcus responds so strongly to a face plus a voice that it clearly has a 'multimodal' rather than an exclusively visual function.
The outcome is also consistent with early research showing neurological anomalies in precisely the same part of the brain -- called the superior temporal sulcus -- affected in persons who are autistic.
The subjects experienced a greater degree of activation in a region of the brain called the posterior superior temporal sulcus when they watched the computer play the game than when they acted themselves.
 
 
 
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