Sensory systems: auditory action streams?
The visual system is suggested to have two main processing streams, dorsal and ventral, the former being an 'action stream' concerned with motor responses, as opposed to perception. Two recent studies suggest the existence of a comparable mechanism in the auditory system.
Griffiths
Timothy D
TD
Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. t.d.griffiths@newcastle.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology; D010897:Pitch Discrimination / Q000502:physiology*