The fusiform aka (lateral and medial) occipitotemporal gyrus: 

Fusiform gyrus (red), ITG (green), parahippocampal (blue), lingual (yellow), inf occipital (yellow), collateral sulcus (green line), collateral sulcus (green line), mid-fusiform sulcus (purple)


- between paraphippcampal gyrus, ITG, and lingual.
- important for facial recognition (involved in prosopagnosia, facial halluncinations like charles-bonnet), written-word recognition (dyslexia), color processing along with angular gyrus (synesthesia)
- part of ventral stream, necessary for differentiating categories of objects


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