Auditory processing--speech, space and auditory objects.

Sophie K Scott

doi:10.1016/j.conb.2005.03.009

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Auditory processing--speech, space and auditory objects.

Sophie K Scott

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There have been recent developments in our understanding of the auditory neuroscience of non-human primates that, to a certain extent, can be integrated with findings from human functional neuroimaging studies. This framework can be used to consider the cortical basis of complex sound processing in humans, including implications for speech perception, spatial auditory processing and auditory scene segregation.

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