Angular gyrus is responsible for functions like spatial concepts, retrieval of memory, number processing, apart from various processes involved in language.

The angular gyrus is more developed in humans than in other primates and is located in the brain at the junction of areas specialized for processing touch, hearing and vision.

A region of the brain known as the angular gyrus is partly responsible for the human ability to understand metaphor, according to research led by V. S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for ...