Primary auditory cortex - Revision history

Primary auditory cortex - Revision history http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/?title=Primary_auditory_cortex&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.15.1 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:01:51 GMT Kkrughoff at 05:16, 28 April 2008 http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/?title=Primary_auditory_cortex&diff=2176&oldid=prev <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 05:16, 28 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Brain areas]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Brain areas]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Location ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex is located in the temporal lobe on the superior temporal gyrus.  Just as the vision is centered around the functioning of V1-V4, hearing is centered around the functioning of specific subsections of the primary auditory cortex (i.e., EE, E1, E2, etc.), with each subsection corresponding to a specific region of the cochlea.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex is located in the temporal lobe on the superior temporal gyrus.  Just as the vision is centered around the functioning of V1-V4, hearing is centered around the functioning of specific subsections of the primary auditory cortex (i.e., EE, E1, E2, etc.), with each subsection corresponding to a specific region of the cochlea.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Functionality ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Damage to the specific regions of the primary auditory cortex can result in an individual being unable to determine the temporal sequence with which s/he heard certain words.  Damage to other regions can inhibit an individual’s ability to process elementary speech sounds, or even music.  In fact, the region just posterior to the primary auditory cortex, the Wernicke’s area, is critical to the comprehension of language.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Damage to the specific regions of the primary auditory cortex can result in an individual being unable to determine the temporal sequence with which s/he heard certain words.  Damage to other regions can inhibit an individual’s ability to process elementary speech sounds, or even music.  In fact, the region just posterior to the primary auditory cortex, the Wernicke’s area, is critical to the comprehension of language.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Hearing Basics ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex can be considered the last step in the complex process of hearing.  Vibrating objects push air molecules back and forth, which results in pressure changes called sine waves.  These sine waves differ in both speed (frequency) and size (wavelength), and interact with the tissue and bones of the ear to create characteristic fluid waves in the inner ear.  The vibrations of these fluid waves stimulate tiny hair cells that generate nerve impulses which, finally, travel to the auditory part of the brain.  So basically, hearing is when the ear and the brain work together to convert sine waves into the experience of sound.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex can be considered the last step in the complex process of hearing.  Vibrating objects push air molecules back and forth, which results in pressure changes called sine waves.  These sine waves differ in both speed (frequency) and size (wavelength), and interact with the tissue and bones of the ear to create characteristic fluid waves in the inner ear.  The vibrations of these fluid waves stimulate tiny hair cells that generate nerve impulses which, finally, travel to the auditory part of the brain.  So basically, hearing is when the ear and the brain work together to convert sine waves into the experience of sound.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:Auditory cortex.jpg ]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:Auditory cortex.jpg ]]</div></td></tr>  </table> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:16:34 GMT Kkrughoff http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/Talk:Primary_auditory_cortex Kkrughoff at 05:15, 28 April 2008 http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/?title=Primary_auditory_cortex&diff=2174&oldid=prev <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 05:15, 28 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex can be considered the last step in the complex process of hearing.  Vibrating objects push air molecules back and forth, which results in pressure changes called sine waves.  These sine waves differ in both speed (frequency) and size (wavelength), and interact with the tissue and bones of the ear to create characteristic fluid waves in the inner ear.  The vibrations of these fluid waves stimulate tiny hair cells that generate nerve impulses which, finally, travel to the auditory part of the brain.  So basically, hearing is when the ear and the brain work together to convert sine waves into the experience of sound.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The primary auditory cortex can be considered the last step in the complex process of hearing.  Vibrating objects push air molecules back and forth, which results in pressure changes called sine waves.  These sine waves differ in both speed (frequency) and size (wavelength), and interact with the tissue and bones of the ear to create characteristic fluid waves in the inner ear.  The vibrations of these fluid waves stimulate tiny hair cells that generate nerve impulses which, finally, travel to the auditory part of the brain.  So basically, hearing is when the ear and the brain work together to convert sine waves into the experience of sound.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:Auditory cortex.jpg ]]</ins></div></td></tr>  </table> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:15:18 GMT Kkrughoff http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/Talk:Primary_auditory_cortex Kkrughoff at 04:09, 28 April 2008 http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/?title=Primary_auditory_cortex&diff=2097&oldid=prev <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 04:09, 28 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Brain areas]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Brain areas]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The primary auditory cortex is located in the temporal lobe on the superior temporal gyrus.  Just as the vision is centered around the functioning of V1-V4, hearing is centered around the functioning of specific subsections of the primary auditory cortex (i.e., EE, E1, E2, etc.), with each subsection corresponding to a specific region of the cochlea.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Damage to the specific regions of the primary auditory cortex can result in an individual being unable to determine the temporal sequence with which s/he heard certain words.  Damage to other regions can inhibit an individual’s ability to process elementary speech sounds, or even music.  In fact, the region just posterior to the primary auditory cortex, the Wernicke’s area, is critical to the comprehension of language.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The primary auditory cortex can be considered the last step in the complex process of hearing.  Vibrating objects push air molecules back and forth, which results in pressure changes called sine waves.  These sine waves differ in both speed (frequency) and size (wavelength), and interact with the tissue and bones of the ear to create characteristic fluid waves in the inner ear.  The vibrations of these fluid waves stimulate tiny hair cells that generate nerve impulses which, finally, travel to the auditory part of the brain.  So basically, hearing is when the ear and the brain work together to convert sine waves into the experience of sound.</ins></div></td></tr>  </table> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:09:10 GMT Kkrughoff http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/Talk:Primary_auditory_cortex Admin at 18:22, 12 January 2008 http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/?title=Primary_auditory_cortex&diff=1383&oldid=prev <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Brain areas]]</div> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:22:34 GMT Admin http://72.14.177.54/psy3242/Talk:Primary_auditory_cortex