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Feature Detection by the Auditory Cortex

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Integrative Functions in the Mammalian Auditory Pathway

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 15))

Abstract

The view of neurons in sensory cortices as performing feature detection on the peripheral input gained acceptance to a large extent from studies of cortical processing of visual information. In this view of the visual system, information from simple feature detectors in the retina (photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells) converges at the level of the primary cortex to give rise to more complex, orientation-tuned neurons. These, in turn, send their outputs to higher cortical areas where more complex features are detected. For example, in some parts of the Infero-Temporal cortex (IT) there are neurons that can be considered to be medium-level feature detectors: they are sensitive to features that are more complex than oriented bars but less complex than full visual objects (Fujita et al. 1992; Ito et al. 1995). These neurons presumably converge further up to produce object-sensitive neurons such as the face-sensitive cells (Perrett et al. 1982).

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Nelken, I. (2002). Feature Detection by the Auditory Cortex. In: Oertel, D., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Integrative Functions in the Mammalian Auditory Pathway. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 15. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3654-0_9

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