Systems NeuroscienceDecember 3, 2019

Language processing

Daniel C. Kiper

kiper@ini.phys.ethz.ch

http: www.ini.unizh.ch/~kiper/system_neurosci.html

Auditory pathways

Dorsal pathway:

Spectral analysis

Ventral pathway:

High temporal

resolution (good for

localization)

Tonotopy in primary

auditory cortex

(Talavage et al., 2000)

Auditory "what"

and "where"

streams.

dorsal

"where"-stream,

(red)

ventral

"what"-stream

(green)

PFC prefrontal connections CL caudolateral belt area

PP posterior parietal cortex ML mediolateral " "

PB parabelt cortex AL anterloateral " "

MGd and MGv, dorsal and ventral parts of the MGN

(medial geniculate nucleus)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjFnDLObzk8

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWC-cVQmEmY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTdMV6cOZw

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oef68YabD0