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Cortical Representation of Auditory Space

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It has been known for many years that an intact auditory cortex is necessary for the normal ability of carnivores and primates, including humans, to localize sound sources. As such, the auditory cortex plays an essential part in one of the most important functions of hearing, which is critical to the way in which these species perceive and interact with their environments. For example, the ability to determine the direction of sound-producing objects or events is often used to find potential mates or prey or to avoid and escape from approaching predators. Sound localization also contributes in important ways to the process by which different sound sources are segregated from one another and therefore aids source identification.

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Abbreviations

AAF:

anterior auditory field

AI:

primary auditory cortex

AII:

secondary auditory cortex

AES:

anterior ectosylvian sulcus

DZ:

dorsal zone

IC:

inferior colliculus

ILD:

interaural level difference

ITD:

interaural time difference

PAF:

posterior auditory field

SC:

superior colliculus

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Andrew King’s research is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People and by Deafness Research UK. John Middlebrooks’s research is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

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King, A.J., Middlebrooks, J.C. (2011). Cortical Representation of Auditory Space. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_15

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