Heschl's gyrus

English Etymology Named after Austrian anatomist Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881). Noun Heschl's gyri en neuroanatomy A convolution of the cortex found in the lateral sulcus on the temporal lobe, and which is the first cortical structure to process incoming auditory information. en 2010 The Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science: The Auditory Brain David R. Moore; Paul Albert Fuchs; Adrian Rees 0199233284 The study by Penagos et al. (2004) concluded that only lateral Heschl's gyrus was sensitive to changes in pitch salience, supporting the notion that a pitch center exists in this region of auditory cortex. en 2019 Albert Costa John W. Schwieter The Bilingual Brain 93 Penguin 2021 In a study conducted with Spanish-Catalan bilinguals it was observed that the volume of the left Heschl's gyrus was greater than in monolingual speakers, both for grey and white matter. Synonyms en transverse temporal gyrus en Heschl's convolution en eponyms