Auditory Center (Noun)
Meaning
The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- Damage to the auditory center of the brain can lead to impaired hearing and sound localization difficulties.
- Research has shown that the auditory center of the brain processes speech sounds more quickly and efficiently than nonspeech sounds.
- Injury to the auditory center on one side of the brain can cause impaired sound localization abilities in individuals with hearing in only one ear.
- Scientists use imaging techniques like functional MRI to visualize activity in the auditory center of the brain during music processing tasks.
- Studies in the 1980s were able to more accurately identify and locate the specific parts of the brain within the auditory center, clarifying where individual tasks related to processing occurred.