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Everything about Auditory cortex
Part of the temporal lobe of the brain
The auditory cortex is the part of the temporal lobe that processes auditory information in humans and many other vertebrates. It is a part of the auditory system, performing basic and higher functions in hearing, such as possible relations to language switching. It is located bilaterally, roughly at the upper sides of the temporal lobes – in humans, curving down and onto the medial surface, on the superior temporal plane, within the lateral sulcus and comprising parts of the transverse temporal gyri, and the superior temporal gyrus, including the planum polare and planum temporale. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Auditory cortexA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Multiscale temporal integration organizes hierarchical computation in human auditory cortexInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The auditory cortexThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Lateralization of auditory-cortex functionsCited 386 times
- Go sideways: TonotopyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Auditosensory cortexA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Lateralization of auditory-cortex functions
Corticostriatal neurons in auditory cortex drive decisions during auditory discrimination
Binary Spiking in Auditory Cortex
Touch activates human auditory cortex
The distributed auditory cortex
Dynamics of Auditory–Vocal Interaction in Monkey Auditory Cortex
Functional architecture of auditory cortex
Auditory hallucinations inhibit exogenous activation of auditory association cortex
🆕 Influential since 2022
Multiscale temporal integration organizes hierarchical computation in human auditory cortex
A neural population selective for song in human auditory cortex
Precise movement-based predictions in the mouse auditory cortex
Inhibition in the auditory cortex
Encoding of melody in the human auditory cortex
📚 Books worth reading
The auditory cortexPeter Heil, Reinhard Konig · 2005
Handbook of Mouse Auditory ResearchJames F. Willott · 2001
The auditory systemFrank E. Musiek, Jane A. Baran · 2006
Perceptual learningManfred Fahle · 2002
DeafnessAndrej Kral, Arthur N. Popper · 2013
Primate auditionAsif A. Ghazanfar · 2002
Controversies in central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)Anthony T. Cacace, Dennis J. Mcfarland · 2008- 📕The human auditory cortexDavid Poeppel · 2012
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