Exam 11: The Auditory Brain and Sound Localization

Explain spectral segregation and give an example.

Which of the following would a bat be tracking if it received a big echo?

The cone of confusion is ______.

When harmonics of a common fundamental frequency are presented simultaneously but from different spatial sources, we hear ______.

The time interval between when a sound enters one ear and when it enters the other ear is known as the ______.

The medial geniculate nucleus is a structure in the brainstem that receives auditory input from the lateral geniculate nucleus and sends output to the superior olive.

The azimuth refers to ______.

Which of the following accurately describes the pathway for auditory information?

What is the term for the area of the auditory cortex, consisting of the primary auditory cortex, the rostral core, and the rostrotemporal core?

What is the name of the structure in the thalamus that receives auditory input from the inferior colliculus and sends output to the auditory cortex?

The "what" and "where" system start in what region of auditory cortex?

An area within primary auditory cortex responds best to tones of 1000 Hz.An area adjacent to that region responds best to tones of 1005 Hz.Which principles does this observation best illustrate?

A process whereby animals emit sounds and then use comparisons of the emitted sounds and their returning echoes to sense the world around them is known as ______.

Matt hears the clicking noise of buttons in a cylinder and the whirring of a fan at the same time.He groups these sounds together into the dryer sound.By doing this, Matt is using ______.

Like the visual system, the auditory system appears to have both a "what" and "where" system.

The cone of confusion is a region of positions in space in which different sounds create the same interaural time and interaural level differences.

Li hears various frequencies that overlap in harmonic structure and groups them together as the sound created by an electric guitar being played.By doing this, Li is using ______ segregation.

The medial geniculate nucleus is found in the ______.

In addition to the primary auditory cortex, which two regions make up the auditory core region?

A person hears a whistling sound and a rhythmic thumping sound coming from the same point in space and infers that a train must be coming through.This process is known as ______ segregation.