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Cortical Speech and Music Processes Revealed by Functional Neuroimaging

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The Auditory Cortex

Abstract

Economists tell us that wealth is created by trade and exchange. Assuming the same principle holds for intellectual wealth, the interactions between different levels of analysis, and the exchanges across disciplines that characterize contemporary neuroscience should provide us with great riches. Looking at the developments over the past decade in cognitive neuroscience of auditory processing would appear to bear this out. A significant amount of progress has been made, and much of it can be attributed to the possibilities for crossing boundaries afforded by neuroimaging tools. This chapter focuses on recent advances in our understanding of the human auditory cortex in the light of research using functional neuroimaging techniques. We emphasize the processing of music and speech, and how this knowledge complements knowledge drawn from other domains and other species.

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Abbreviations

AI:

primary auditory cortex

BOLD:

blood oxygenated level dependent

EEG:

electroencephalography

fMRI:

functional magnetic resonance imaging

HG:

Heschl’s gyrus

MEG:

magnetoencephalography

MMN:

mismatch negativity

PET:

positron emission tomography

PT:

planum temporale

STG:

superior temporal gyrus

STS:

superior temporal sulcus

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Zatorre, R.J., Schönwiesner, M. (2011). Cortical Speech and Music Processes Revealed by Functional Neuroimaging. In: Winer, J., Schreiner, C. (eds) The Auditory Cortex. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0074-6_31

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