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A movement-sensitive area in auditory cortex

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It is important to recognize sound patterns, regardless of their position and motion. The ability to locate sound sources and track their motion involves various levels of the auditory pathways1,2. Motion and pattern analysis may first be spatially separated in the auditory cortex. We have examined this by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and find a higher-order field in the right auditory cortex that is activated by sound motion significantly more than other fields of the auditory cortex. This area distinguishes whether a sound pattern is moving or stationary.

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Figure 1: Nonspecific and specific activation by motion stimulus.

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  1. Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestrasse 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany

    Frank Baumgart, Birgit Gaschler-Markefski, Marty G. Woldorff & Henning Scheich

  2. Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 78284-6240, Texas, USA

    Marty G. Woldorff

  3. Department for Neurology II, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Leipzigerstrasser 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany

    Hans-Jochen Heinze

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Baumgart, F., Gaschler-Markefski, B., Woldorff, M. et al. A movement-sensitive area in auditory cortex. Nature 400, 724–726 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/23390

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