They have achieved a first step toward that goal by decoding the electrical activity in a region of the brain, called the superior temporal gyrus, that’s stimulated by hearing.
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Gyrus
//ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs//
Synonyms for "gyrus" (10 found)
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Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- зві́ліна noun (anatomy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изви́вка noun (anatomy)
Catalan
1 entries- circumvolució noun (anatomy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 回 noun (anatomy)
- 腦回 /脑回 noun (anatomy)
Czech
1 entries- závit noun (anatomy)
Dutch
2 entries- gyrus noun (anatomy)
- hersenwinding noun (anatomy)
Finnish
1 entries- aivopoimu noun (anatomy)
French
2 entries- circonvolution cérébrale noun (anatomy)
- gyrus noun (anatomy)
German
1 entries- Gyrus noun (anatomy)
Japanese
1 entries- 脳回 noun (anatomy)
Korean
1 entries- 뇌회 noun (anatomy)
Portuguese
3 entries- circunvolução noun (anatomy)
- convolução noun (anatomy)
- giro noun (anatomy)
Russian
1 entries- изви́лина noun (anatomy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vijuga noun (anatomy)
- вијуга noun (anatomy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зви́вина noun (anatomy)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hồi não noun (anatomy)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
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