Vinitha Rangarajan|Josef Parvizi
Functional asymmetry between the left and right human fusiform gyrus explored through electrical brain stimulation
Stanford University|Stanford University
ventral temporal cortex vtc contains several areas selective responses words numbers faces objects demonstrated numerous human primate imaging electrophysiological studies recent work using electrocorticography ecog confirmed presence faceselective neuronal populations human fusiform gyrus fg patients implanted intracranial electrodes either left right hemisphere electrical brain stimulation ebs disrupted conscious perception faces delivered right left fg contrast previous findings report negative positive ebs effects right left fg respectively presence right hemisphere language dominance first strong lefthandedness poor language processing performance second case provide indirect clues functional architecture human vtc relation hemispheric asymmetries language processing handedness