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Online-Ressource (XIV, 396p. 76 illus., 30 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9781461423140
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9781461423133
Series Statement:
Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 43
Content:
Richard R. Fay
Content:
We live in a complex and dynamically changing acoustic environment. To this end, the auditory cortex of humans has developed the ability to process a remarkable amount of diverse acoustic information with apparent ease. In fact, a phylogenetic comparison of auditory systems reveals that human auditory association cortex in particular has undergone extensive changes relative to that of other species, although our knowledge of this remains incomplete. In contrast to other senses, human auditory cortex receives input that is highly pre-processed in a number of sub-cortical structures; this suggests that even primary auditory cortex already performs quite complex analyses. At the same time, much of the functional role of the various sub-areas in human auditory cortex is still relatively unknown, and a more sophisticated understanding is only now emerging through the use of contemporary electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques. The integration of results across the various techniques signify a new era in our knowledge of how human auditory cortex forms basis for auditory experience. This volume on human auditory cortex will have two major parts. In Part A, the principal methodologies currently used to investigate human auditory cortex will be discussed. Each chapter will first outline how the methodology is used in auditory neuroscience, highlighting the challenges of obtaining data from human auditory cortex; second, each methods chapter will provide two or (at most) three brief examples of how it has been used to generate a major result about auditory processing. In Part B, the central questions for auditory processing in human auditory cortex are covered. Each chapter can draw on all the methods introduced in Part A but will focus on a major computational challenge the system has to solve. This volume will constitute an important contemporary reference work on human auditory cortex. Arguably, this will be the first and most focused book on this critical neurological structure. The combination of different methodological and experimental approaches as well as a diverse range of aspects of human auditory perception ensures that this volume will inspire novel insights and spurn future research.
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The Human Auditory Cortex; Series Preface; Volume Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Human Auditory Cortex?; References; Part I: The Methods; Chapter 2: Architecture, Connectivity, and Transmitter Receptors of Human Auditory Cortex; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historic Concepts and Maps of Human Auditory Cortex; 2.3 Primary Auditory Area; 2.3.1 Relationship Between Heschl's Gyrus and Primary Auditory Cortex; 2.3.2 Architectonic Features of Primary Auditory Cortex; 2.3.3 Intra-areal Compartments Within the Primary Auditory Area
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2.4 Nonprimary Auditory Areas on the Supratemporal Plane2.4.1 Cyto- and Myeloarchitecture; 2.4.2 Putative Functional Specialization of Nonprimary Auditory Areas; 2.5 Temporal and Parietal Convexities; 2.6 Intersubject Variability and Probabilistic Mapping; 2.7 Hemispheric Asymmetries; 2.8 Connectivity of Auditory Cortex; 2.9 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Invasive Research Methods; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Brief Historic Overview; 3.3 Contemporary Research; 3.3.1 Research Subjects; 3.3.2 Acute Experiments; 3.3.3 Chronic Experiments; 3.3.3.1 Depth Electrodes; 3.3.3.2 Surface Grid Electrodes
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3.3.3.3 Anatomical Reconstruction3.3.3.4 Stimulation and Recording; 3.4 Experimental Paradigms; 3.4.1 Functional Mapping by Electrophysiological Recording; 3.4.1.1 Signal Processing; 3.4.1.2 Coding of Stimulus Acoustic Features; 3.4.2 Functional Connectivity; 3.4.3 Electrical Stimulation Functional Mapping; 3.5 Validity of Invasive Recordings; 3.6 Summary; References; Chapter 4: Recording Event-Related Brain Potentials: Application to Study Auditory Perception; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Recording of Neuroelectric Brain Activity
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4.3 Auditory Scene Analysis as the Building Block of Higher Auditory Cognition4.4 Concurrent Sound Segregation; 4.5 Sequential Sound Segregation; 4.6 Attention, Prediction, and Auditory Scene Analysis; 4.7 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5: Magnetoencephalography; 5.1 The Case for Magnetoencephalography Imaging; 5.2 Sensing the Brain's Magnetic Fields; 5.3 From Sensing to Imaging; 5.3.1 Forward Models Describing Brain Activity and Measurements; 5.3.2 Inverse Models for Reconstructing Brain Activity from Measurements; 5.3.3 Sources of Noise in MEG
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5.3.4 Temporal and Spatial Resolution of MEG Imaging5.3.5 From Single-Subject Reconstructions to Group-Level Inference; 5.4 Auditory Studies Using MEG; 5.4.1 Transient Auditory Evoked Fields; 5.4.2 Evoked Responses to Non-speech Acoustic Stimuli; 5.4.3 Effects of Stimulus Timing and Pattern on Early Response Components; 5.4.4 Hemispheric Lateralization of Early Auditory Responses; 5.4.5 Mismatch Negativity Fields; 5.4.6 Steady-State Evoked Responses; 5.4.7 Evoked Responses to Speech Syllables; 5.4.8 Oscillations Induced by Speech Syllables; 5.4.9 Responses to Vowels
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5.4.10 Mismatch Negativity to Speech Sounds
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781461423133
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The human auditory cortex New York, NY : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9781461423133
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-2314-0
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