Auditory Functional Neuroanatomy Map
A1
Collosal connected
Bilateral tonotopic (low freq. anterior)
Left
Cochlea
Right
Cochlea
Left
MGN
Pons
Olivary Complex
cross at Trapezoid
Right
MGN
CN VIII
Left
AA
Right
AA
Dorsal System
Posterial
superior
temporal gyrus
(spatial
localization)
Ventral System
Anterior ventral
superior
temporal gyrus
(complex
auditory
sequencing)
Heteromodal
Association
areas
Heteromodal
Association
areas
Internal
Capsule
© 2000, Dennis P. Swiercinsky, Ph.D.
Olivo–
cochlear
feedback
Inferior
Colliculus
Inferior
Colliculus
Lateral
lemnis-
cus