▨ planum temporale

"in the 1930s, Richard Pfeifer found that the planum temporale, a region just posterior to Heschl’s gyrus within the Sylvian fissure, and again involved with language and auditory function, was larger (asymmetry) on the left" p. 23

"the planum temporale, which in humans is certainly associated with language, and is generally larger (asymmetry) on the left than on the right," p. 99f

"The planum temporale, as mentioned in the first chapter, is asymmetrical (asymmetry) in most human brains, with the left being up to a third bigger than the right." p. 131