In the musicians with perfect pitch, Schlaug said, the region of the left planum temporale was twice as large as that in the nonmusicians.
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Bilateral increases and unusual right-left asymmetry has been found in the planum temporale when comparing people who stutter and people who do not stutter.
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When new imaging is used that takes into account asymmetries in the curvatures of lateral fissures, the hemispheric asymmetries of the planum temporale become negligible.
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The planum temporale lies within what's known as Wernicke's area in the human brain, where the sounds of spoken language are processed.
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For example, Tramo says, a region called the left planum temporale, which is critical for perfect pitch, is also involved in language processing.
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Leftward asymmetry can be seen in the Heschl gyrus, parietal operculum, Silvian fissure, left cingulate gyrus, temporo-parietal region and planum temporale.
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Further evidence stemmed from links between the planum temporale and " a melange of behaviors and disorders including musical talent, handedness, and schizophrenia,"
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It is true, said Galaburda, that people who have a more-developed planum temporale on one side suffer language disabilities if that region is injured.
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In the temporal region, a structure called the planum temporale was larger overall, and the left side was closer to being symmetrical with the right side.
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Instead, he found that in the 11 musicians with perfect pitch, the planum temporale was about 40 percent larger on the left side than on the right.
