Definition of GYRUS

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And then there’s our friend the anterior cingulate gyrus, aka the worrywart center, which is more developed in the female brain. — Katty Kay, Time, "How to Help Young Girls Keep Their Confidence During Puberty," 20 Apr. 2018 The structure called the cingulate gyrus, curving through the center of the brain, is hyperactive in murderers. — Rob Verger, Newsweek, "Newsweek Rewind: 15 Years After Columbine, a Nation Still Asks ‘Why?’," 17 Apr. 2014 This time a different area, the parahippocampal gyrus (involved in spatial memory and navigation), responded — again as in a normal person. — George Johnson, New York Times, "A Pioneering Neuroscientist Reports From ‘the Border of Life and Death’," 22 Aug. 2017 As expected, the act of improv led to a surge of activity in a variety of neural areas, including the premotor cortex and the inferior frontal gyrus. — Jonah Lehrer, WIRED, "Basketball and Jazz," 6 June 2011

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