The fundamental perceptual unit in hearing is the'auditory object'. Similar to visual objects,
auditory objects are the computational result of the auditory system's capacity to detect …

Vocal perception is particularly important for understanding a speaker's emotional state and
intentions because, unlike facial perception, it is relatively independent of speaker distance …

Recent research indicates that sensory and motor cortical areas play a significant role in the
neural representation of concepts. However, little is known about the overall architecture of …

This article reviews evidence for multiple intelligences theory, the Mozart effect theory, and
emotional intelligence theory and argues that despite their wide currency in education these …

Some fifty years after the first physiological studies of auditory attention, the field is now
ripening, with exciting recent insights into the psychophysics, psychology, and neural basis …

Abstract Objects are the building blocks of experience, but what do we mean by an object?
Increasingly, neuroscientists refer to'auditory objects', yet it is not clear what properties these …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores the grouping mechanisms in music. Music
provides a complexity, rapidly changing acoustic spectrum, often derived from the …

The dual-pathway model of auditory cortical processing assumes that two largely
segregated processing streams originating in the lateral belt subserve the two main …

Human neuroimaging studies suggest that localization and identification of relevant auditory
objects are accomplished via parallel parietal-to-lateral-prefrontal “where” and anterior …

The execution of complex visual, auditory, and linguistic behaviors requires a dynamic
interplay between spatial ('where/how') and non-spatial ('what') information processed along …