fusiform

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Results showed higher activity in brain regions dedicated to faces, bodies and scenes, compared with the other categories surveyed in the fusiform face area, the extrastriate body area and the parahippocampal place area, respectively.

From Scientific American

It is usually caused by damage to the fusiform gyrus in the posterior temporal lobe and anterior portion of the occipital lobe.

From Scientific American

The occipital face area and fusiform face area selectively respond to faces and are highly connected in adults, suggesting they constitute a face-recognition network.

From Scientific American

Found at the base of the brain, the fusiform gyrus is home to the neural tissue that helps distinguish one face from another.

From The Guardian

The results suggest that, in combination with synaptic pruning, a major reason children improve so dramatically in their ability to recognize faces as they age is that their fusiform gyrus continues to develop into adulthood.

From Science Magazine