temporoparietal

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UK/ˌtɛmpəɹəʊpəˈɹʌɪətəl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the temporal lobe and parietal lobe, or the junction where they meet.

Scrabble 21

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adjectivetemporoparietal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the temporal lobe and parietal lobe, or the junction where they meet.

    The temperoparietal junction sits at a crossroads for many kinds of information, including the perception of the position of one's own body, and the perception of the bodies and actions of other people.

    2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 611
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    When the researchers used functional M.R.I. machines to look at the workings of the brain in Chinese- and English-speaking dyslexics, they found that in the English speakers there was weak reading activity in the temporoparietal and occipitotemporal regions.

    2008 April 15, Eric Nagourney, “Patterns: Dyslexia as Different as Day and Night”, in New York Times

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