Auditory neuroscience: activating the cortex without sound.
Sensory brain areas are usually characterized by their responses to external stimuli; however, neuroimaging studies have now shown that activation of auditory cortex occurs spontaneously and can be induced during silence by stimulus expectancy or mental imagery.
King
Andrew J
AJ
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. andrew.king@physiol.ox.ac.uk
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D007092:Imagination; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods; D013016:Sound