abstract:The fusiform gyrus is part of the temporal lobe and occipital lobe in Brodmann area 37. It is also known as the (discontinuous) occipitotemporal gyrus.
Also, someregionsofcerebralcortex that border visualandauditory cortices—the left fusiformgyrus, for example—expandterritoryin blind peopletomake useof the idle circuitry in visual cortex.