| Pathways of
sound
The primate brain
may contain separate pathways for determining the identity of sounds and
where those sounds come from.
References:
Romanski, L.M., et
al. 1999. Dual streams of auditory afferents target multiple
domains in the primate prefrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience
2(December):1131.
Further Readings:
Kaas, J.H., and
T.A. Hackett. 1999. ‘What’ and ‘where’ processing in auditory
cortex. Nature Neuroscience 2(December):1045.
Sources:
Lizabeth M.
Romanski
Yale University School of Medicine
Section of Neurobiology
B-413 SHM
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 381. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |