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primary auditory cortex

primary auditory cortex The primary auditory cortex is a hearing-related brain area in which neurons are arranged in an ordered map of sound-processing properties.

The primary auditory cortex is a hearing-related brain area in which neurons are arranged in an ordered map of sound-processing properties. In the cat, it contains distinct modules of narrowly tuned and broadly tuned neurons that differ in how they respond to the spectral and temporal features of sounds.