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brain response to auditory stimuli

  • Human nervous system In human nervous system: Hearing

    The auditory cortex provides the temporal and spatial frames of reference for the auditory data that it receives. In other words, it is sensitive to aspects of sound more complex than frequency. For instance, there are neurons that react only when a sound starts or stops.…

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role in speech analysis

  • Uncover the science behind the transformation of sounds into speech In speech: Brain functions

    This is the cortical hearing centre where the effects of sound stimuli seem to become conscious and understandable. Surrounding this audito-sensory area of initial crude recognition, the inner and outer auditopsychic regions spread over the remainder of the temporal lobe of the brain, where sound signals of all…

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