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When participants thought about nature, their brains showed activity in areas related to visual processing and spatial awareness, such as the fusiform and parahippocampal gyri.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
In the nineties, neural imaging revealed that parts of the fusiform gyrus—a brain region near the base of the skull which is associated with vision—are more active when people see faces.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
Looking at the face of someone of the same race activates a specialized part of the primate brain called the fusiform cortex, which recognizes faces, but it is activated less so when the face in question is that of someone of another race.
—Robert Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
Morris knew from her training that such distortions could be triggered by a specific area of the brain called the fusiform gyrus, which is responsible for face perception, object recognition and reading.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
The researchers found that kids who were victims of bullying had a thicker cortex in the fusiform gyrus compared to kids who didn’t have any bullying problems.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
In the nineties, neural imaging revealed that parts of the fusiform gyrus—a brain region near the base of the skull which is associated with vision—are more active when people see faces.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
Looking at the face of someone of the same race activates a specialized part of the primate brain called the fusiform cortex, which recognizes faces, but it is activated less so when the face in question is that of someone of another race.
—Robert Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
Morris knew from her training that such distortions could be triggered by a specific area of the brain called the fusiform gyrus, which is responsible for face perception, object recognition and reading.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
The researchers found that kids who were victims of bullying had a thicker cortex in the fusiform gyrus compared to kids who didn’t have any bullying problems.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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“Fusiform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fusiform. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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fusiform
adjective
fu·si·form
ˈfyü-zə-ˌfȯrm 
: tapering toward each end
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