Perception of Sound-Source Motion by the Human Brain
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We assessed the human brain network for sound-motion processing using the same virtual stimulus in three independent functional imaging experiments. All experiments show a bilateral posterior network of activation, including planum temporale (PT) and parieto-temporal operculum (PTO). This was demonstrated in contrasts between sound movement and two control conditions: externalized stationary stimuli (in the midline or to the side of the head) and midline sounds within the head with similar spectro-temporal structure. We suggest specific computational mechanisms in PT for disambiguation of the intrinsic spectro-temporal features of a sound and the spectro-temporal effect of sound movement. The results support the existence of a posteriorly directed temporo-parietal pathway for obligatory perceptual processing of sound-source motion.
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Lower-level auditory regions such as the auditory belt regions in the planum temporale exhibit a preference for rising sounds, which correspond to sounds approaching the boundaries of PPS.
“Notably, lower-level auditory regions such as the auditory belt regions located in the planum temporale (PT) exhibit a preference for rising sounds, which correspond to sounds approaching the boundaries of PPS (Warren et al. 2002; Seifritz et al. 2002; Warren and Griffiths 2003; Krumbholz et al. 2005).”
From Neuroanatomical correlates of peripersonal space: bridging the gap between perception, action, emotion and social cognition (2024) · cites this paper as Warren et al. 2002
Table 2 and Figure 3 report planum temporale activation during sound-motion processing, and the discussion compares this region with the auditory caudal belt. The paper does not establish a preference for rising sounds or link them to sounds approaching the boundaries of peripersonal space; its motion stimuli simulated rotation in azimuth. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Warren, J. D., Zielinski, B. A., Green, G. G. R., Rauschecker, J. P., & Griffiths, T. D.
- Affiliations
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Griffiths, Timothy D.
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 139-148
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
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- W2025835801
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- FWCI
- 11.69
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- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (F31-MH-12598, R01-DC-03489)
- Wellcome Trust
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Keywords
- auditory motion, planum temporale, time-frequency features, brain networks, auditory cortex
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motion Perception, Sound Localization, Tomography, Emission-Computed
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