Auditory Cortex: Complex patterns
Progressively more complex
15 distinct tonotopic areas.
A1: Primary Auditory Cortex:
Superior temporal gyrus
Like other sensory cortex:
6 layers
Input layer: IV,
V: back project to MGB.
VI: back project to IC
Cortical columns (map),
Logarithmic map of
frequency.
Perpendicular to freq axis:
binaural interactions: EE, EI,
rising or falling pitch