Heschl’s gyrus

one of several transverse ridges on the upper side of the temporal lobe of the brain that are associated with the sense of hearing. [Richard Heschl (1824–1881), Austrian pathologist who first traced the auditory pathways of humans to this convolution]

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Psychology term of the day

January 18th 2025

law of contrast

a principle of association stating that opposites are reminders of one another: encountering or thinking about one (e.g., a snow-covered field) tends to bring to mind the other (e.g., a sunny beach). Initially proposed as a distinct, essential concept in associationism, the law of contrast later came to be viewed as a special case of the law of contiguity.