reviewThe NeuroscientistApr 30, 2012BRONZE OA

The Angular Gyrus

MLMohamed L. Seghier

Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging · University College London

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Abstract

There is considerable interest in the structural and functional properties of the angular gyrus (AG). Located in the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule, the AG has been shown in numerous meta-analysis reviews to be consistently activated in a variety of tasks. This review discusses the involvement of the AG in semantic processing, word reading and comprehension, number processing, default mode network, memory retrieval, attention and spatial cognition, reasoning, and social cognition. This large functional neuroimaging literature depicts a major role for the AG in processing concepts rather than percepts when interfacing perception-to-recognition-to-action. More specifically, the AG emerges as a…

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  • Angular gyrus
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive science
  • Comprehension
  • Perception
  • Default mode network
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