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Processing Streams in Auditory Cortex

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Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 45))

Abstract

The main functions of hearing are to (a) to identify sounds, much of it for the purpose of auditory communication, and to (b) localize sounds in space, mostly for the purpose of tracking and navigation. The brain seems to solve these two tasks in largely segregated cortical processing streams, a ventral and a dorsal stream. Besides processing of space and motion, the dorsal stream also participates in other important forms of audio-motor behavior, including sensorimotor control and integration for speech and music in humans.

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Abbreviations

A1:

primary auditory cortex

AEA:

anterior ectosylvian auditory area

AES:

anterior ectosylvian sulcus

AL:

anterolateral area

aST:

anterior superior temporal

BA:

Brodmann area

BOLD:

blood oxygen level–dependent

BP:

band-passed

BPN:

band-passed noise

CD:

compact disk

CL:

caudolateral area

CM:

caudomedial belt field

cs:

central sulcus

CS:

combination sensitivity

DCN:

dorsal cochlear nucleus

DLPFC:

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

dPMC, vPMC:

dorsal and ventral premotor cortex

FM:

frequency-modulated

fMRI:

functional magnetic resonance imaging

IFC:

inferior frontal cortex

IFG, SFG:

inferior and superior frontal gyrus

IPL:

inferior parietal lobule

ITDILD:

interaural time and level differences

LB, MB:

lateral and medial belt

LIP:

lateral intraparietal area

MCs:

monkey calls

MCPI:

monkey call preference index

MEG:

magnetoencephalography

MGd:

dorsal nucleus of the medial geniculate

MGm:

medial nucleus of the medial geniculate

ML:

middle lateral area

MMN:

mismatch negativity

MSO, LSO:

medial and lateral superior olive

NSF:

National Science Foundation

PAF:

posterior auditory field

PET:

positron emission tomography

PFC:

prefrontal cortex

PMC:

premotor cortex

PPC:

posterior parietal cortex

pre-SMA:

presupplementary motor area

pST:

posterior superior temporal

PT:

planum temporale

R, RL:

rostral (=rostrolateral) field

SC:

superior colliculus

STG:

superior temporal gyrus

STP:

supratemporal plane

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The present chapter is an updated synthesis of prior publications by the author (Rauschecker & Tian, 2005; Rauschecker, 2007, 2011). The author’s work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01 NS052494), the Cognitive Neuroscience Initiative of the National Science Foundation (BCS-0519127), and the NSF PIRE program (OISE-0730255).

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Rauschecker, J.P. (2013). Processing Streams in Auditory Cortex. In: Cohen, Y., Popper, A., Fay, R. (eds) Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 45. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2350-8_2

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