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Introduction: Why Human Auditory Cortex?

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The Human Auditory Cortex

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 43))

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This volume concentrates on current approaches to understanding the human auditory cortex. Why auditory? The reasons why one would, could, and should study auditory processing ought to require little comment or motivation. That being said—and given the critical importance of hearing and speech for human communication and welfare—one might wonder why hearing research, in general, has remained the less popular stepchild and ugly duckling in the context of sensory neuroscience, in particular vision. (This question is discussed in more detail later.).

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  1. Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    David Poeppel & Tobias Overath

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  1. Dept. Psychology, New York University, Washington Place 6, New York, 10003, New York, USA

    David Poeppel

  2. Dept. Psychology, New York University, Washington Place 6, New York, 10003, New York, USA

    Tobias Overath

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    Arthur N. Popper

  4. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 02543, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Poeppel, D., Overath, T. (2012). Introduction: Why Human Auditory Cortex?. In: Poeppel, D., Overath, T., Popper, A., Fay, R. (eds) The Human Auditory Cortex. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 43. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2314-0_1

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