title: Perception of sound-source motion by the human brain.
abstract: We assessed the human brain network for sound-motion processing using the same virtual stimulus in three independent functional imaging experiments. All experiments show a bilateral posterior network of activation, including planum temporale (PT) and parieto-temporal operculum (PTO). This was demonstrated in contrasts between sound movement and two control conditions: externalized stationary stimuli (in the midline or to the side of the head) and midline sounds within the head with similar spectro-temporal structure. We suggest specific computational mechanisms in PT for disambiguation of the intrinsic spectro-temporal features of a sound and the spectro-temporal effect of sound movement. The results support the existence of a posteriorly directed temporo-parietal pathway for obligatory perceptual processing of sound-source motion.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
authors.forename: Jason D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Brandon A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Zielinski
authors.forename: Gary G R
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Josef P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rauschecker
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000502:physiology*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods