Renate Schweizer, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, studied parts of the brain, most specifically the central sulcus. Here discoveries further support and explain what happens in the brain when reading.
2. postcentral gyrus-The postcentral gyrus is located on the opposite side of the precentral gyrus. It is responsible for somatosensory stimuli which are the senses felt through the skin such as pain, hot, cold, and others.
- First, the central sulcus has two main gyruses (a ridge or fold on the cerebral surface of the brain):
2. postcentral gyrus-The postcentral gyrus is located on the opposite side of the precentral gyrus. It is responsible for somatosensory stimuli which are the senses felt through the skin such as pain, hot, cold, and others.
- The central sulcus divides the sensory part of the brain and the motor part of the brain. In the Emory University study, it was found that this part of the brain was stimulated. Due to the fact that this part of the brain is stimulated during reading, it is sort of a connection between the senses and body movements, supporting the fact that when you read, neurons are fired in both parts of the brain giving the feeling one is actually the character in the story.