Book chapter
Chapter 4 - Auditory Function
Human Brain Function, pp.61-74
Elsevier Academic Press, Second Edition
2004
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012264841-0/50005-6
Abstract
Human anatomical and functional imaging studies are beginning to allow a synthesis of human auditory brain function. This chapter considers the processing of sound at the level of patterns in sound that are used to establish sound-object properties. This synthesis is therefore based on a type of sound processing and is equally relevant to the processing of speech, music, and environmental sounds. The aim is to assess how the anatomical and functional studies have added to our understanding of the human auditory brain. Studies of auditory processing in the ascending auditory pathway suggest the existence of spectrotemporal processing mechanisms similar to those previously demonstrated in animals. It is important to establish further the anatomical connections of the lateral and posterior human areas to determine if they represent serial processing mechanisms for further analysis after the primary area or if they act in parallel with the primary cortex. It is also important in the future to further disambiguate the contribution of perception, attention, and response preparation to the networks of activation shown in auditory functional imaging studies. If the normal human auditory system is shown to have a structural and functional organisation similar to that of other primates, such a finding would be tremendously helpful in establishing the relevance of animal studies using techniques such as intracellular recording and destructive lesioning that cannot be used in humans.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chapter 4 - Auditory Function
- Creators
- Timothy D Griffiths - University of Iowa, Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Human Brain Function, pp.61-74
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Elsevier Academic Press; Amsterdam
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-012264841-0/50005-6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984627185802771
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