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The '''inferior temporal gyrus''' is
The inferior temporal gyrus is the anterior region of the [[temporal lobe]] located underneath the central temporal sulcus. The primary function of the occipital temporal gyrus – otherwise referenced as IT cortex – is associated with visual stimuli processing, namely visual object recognition, and has been suggested by recent experimental results as the final location of the ventral cortical visual system.<ref name="Kolb, B; Whishaw, I. Q. 2014 282–312">{{cite book|author1=Kolb, B |author2=Whishaw, I. Q. |title=An Introduction to Brain and Behavior|year=2014|publisher=Worth|location=New York, NY|pages=282–312|edition=Fourth}}</ref> The IT cortex in humans is also known as the Inferior Temporal Gyrus since it has been located to a specific region of the human temporal lobe.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gross|first=C. G.|title=Inferior temporal cortex|journal=Scholarpedia|year=2008|volume=3|issue=12|page=7294|doi=10.4249/scholarpedia.7294 |bibcode=2008SchpJ...3.7294G}}</ref> The IT processes visual stimuli of objects in our [[field of vision]], and is involved with memory and memory recall to identify that object; it is involved with the processing and perception created by visual stimuli amplified in the V1, V2, V3, and V4 regions of the [[occipital lobe]]. This region processes the color and form of the object in the visual field and is responsible for producing the “what” from this visual stimuli, or in other words identifying the object based on the color and form of the object and comparing that processed information to stored memories of objects to identify that object.<ref name="Kolb, B; Whishaw, I. Q. 2014 282–312"/>
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